Daily Briefing

About half of physicians across various specialties believe they are fairly compensated, according to Medscape's latest Physician Compensation report. Advisory Board's Hamza Hasan and Sarah Evans explain why higher pay isn't the biggest driver of physician engagement—and what leaders should focus on instead. More

In health care, "imitation" has taken a backseat to "innovation," and as a result, providers and insurers are missing out on best practices that could save patient lives and money, Dhruv Khullar, an internal medicine physician at Weill Cornell Medicine, writes in a STAT News opinion piece. More

Researchers have developed a new test that can determine whether someone has genetic variants that place them at a greater risk of becoming overweight—but some experts say the new test leaves out a big influencer of obesity: one's environment. More

The vast majority of U.S. hospitals use EHR systems, but exactly how hospitals use their EHRs varies, according to a new report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). More

As employers have looked to stem rising health care costs, many have shifted their employees into high-deductible health plans (HDHPS), hoping the plans would encourage them to be smarter health care shoppers. More

Providing Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with so-called "healthy food prescriptions" could lower the risk of chronic illnesses and lead to billions of dollars in savings, according to a study published recently in the journal PLOS. More

The 45 best places to work in health care and biopharma, according to Fortune; TIME's '100 Most Influential': These 10 health care change-makers made the list; and more. More

The nurses' due dates range from May to October, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Kansas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. More