Though physicians haven't been on board with all of President Obama's solutions to health care, they are embracing at least one approach.
The number of physicians participating in the emerging medical care delivery system known as accountable care organizations has tripled in the past year, according to new research.
Nearly one in four doctors are in or planning to link with an accountable care organization within a year, a new Medscape study found. By comparison, only 8 percent of physicians in last year's report said they were in or planning to join an ACO. Medscape's report analyzed responses from nearly 22,000 U.S. physicians across 25 specialties.
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