Hospital-Physician Relationships

Healthcare systems have started residency programs and partnerships to address workforce shortages.

An anonymous donation to Texas Christian University School of Medicine in Fort Worth will fund full tuition for the class of 2024. The funds will […]

Thirty-six percent of physician assistants experienced decreased satisfaction with the profession during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Medscape’s “Physician Assistant Career Satisfaction Report 2022.”

Kevin Simon, MD, a psychiatrist with Boston Children’s Hospital, has been named the city’s first-ever chief behavioral health officer.

Physician Andrea Merrill, MD, went viral June 12 after tweeting about her experience with an in-air medical emergency on Delta Airlines. 

Douglas Canning, MD, a pediatric urologist and chief of the division of urology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, died of severe injuries from a bicycle […]

In a study involving 5,023 actions against the licenses of U.S. physicians, 76.3 percent were related to substance abuse, according to findings published June 3 […]

The American Academy of Physician Assistants has officially changed its name to the American Academy of Physician Associates as part of a larger rebranding effort […]

Healthcare access and substance/opioid abuse are among physicians’ top five social issues in the country, according to a new Medscape report.

NYC Health + Hospitals announced June 6 more than $3 million in total loan forgiveness grants for 26 physicians who commit to continue serving the […]

UnitedHealth Group’s fastest-growing subsidiary, Optum, has made waves within the healthcare industry through its big-budget acquisitions over the past year. Should all of its in-process […]

Two talented physicians, a patient who sacrificed his life and a selfless receptionist were the four people killed June 1 in a shooting inside a […]

NYU Langone Health’s Transplant Institute in New York City is expanding its liver transplant program with the addition of three physicians and surgeons. 

Students who reported mistreatment and discrimination in the first two years of medical school were more likely to leave school, according to a study published […]

The temperature on the day of a blood test can affect certain results, such as cholesterol levels. These effects can play a large role in […]

Nearly 30 percent of physicians reported experiencing discrimination and mistreatment from patients or patients’ family members or visitors, a study published May 19 in JAMA […]

Nearly 24 percent of physicians experienced workplace mistreatment in the past year, according to new research published May 6 in JAMA Network Open. 

Columbia University Medical Center has quietly cut its public ties to Mehmet Oz, MD, the TV celebrity physician who is now a Republican candidate for […]

Darrell Saunders, MD, one of the first two physicians to join Morganstown, W.Va.-based Mon Health, retired after 42 years in the field. 

Pediatrics has the highest percentage of female physicians compared to other specialties, according to Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report 2022.”

The American Academy of Pediatrics is advocating for the elimination of race-based medicine in any form and recognizing race as a “historically derived social construct […]

SSM Health inked a deal to establish a fully-integrated, 1,200-plus academic and community-based physician group, the organization said April 28. 

Macon, Ga.-based Mercer University trustees and administrators have dedicated $50 million to opening a new medical school campus.

Massachusetts is requiring physicians to undergo two hours of implicit bias training, The Boston Globe reported April 22.  

Xavier University of Louisiana, a Catholic and historically Black university in New Orleans, is planning a graduate school of health sciences and medical school. 

The CDC issued a nationwide health alert April 21 about an unusual cluster of serious hepatitis cases with unknown causes in young children. 

Healthcare systems have started residency programs and partnerships to address workforce shortages.

Podiatrists nationwide are reporting an uptick in foot trauma amid the COVID-19 pandemic, The New York Times reported April 19.

The percentage of U.S. physicians employed by hospitals, health systems or corporate entities grew from 62.2 percent in January 2019 to 73.9 percent as of […]

Leaders at Hennepin Healthcare say the Minneapolis-based health system is releasing an updated educational module for law enforcement agencies and will no longer allow its […]

The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department are seeking comments on ways merger guidelines should be updated, and physicians are raising concerns about private […]

Asheville Watchdog says at least 223 physicians have exited Mission Health since HCA Healthcare took over the health system in 2019. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare […]

Merck has selected Eliav Barr, MD, to serve as head of global clinical development and chief medical officer, effective April 1. 

Women, including female physicians, were hit hard during the pandemic, as they juggled their careers and a plethora of caregiving responsibilities, according to Vinnet Arora, […]

About 41 percent of family physicians reported being named in a malpractice lawsuit in 2021, down from 49 percent two years earlier, according to Medscape’s […]

Patients of color are significantly less likely to have healthcare providers of the same race compared with white patients, signaling a need to diversify the […]

San Francisco-based Dignity Health has selected Justin Fu, MD, to serve a two-year term as chief of staff at its St. Bernardine Medical Center in […]

A record number of senior applicants registered for this year’s Match Day, held March 18, though the total number of applicants fell from 2021, according […]

Robert McIntyre, MD, chief of medicine at South Shore Hospital, died March 17 after an apparent diving accident in Florida, according to a news release […]

Healthcare systems have started residency programs and partnerships to address workforce shortages.

Primary care in the U.S. lags behind other high-income countries in many ways, including access and continuity, according to an analysis released March 15 by the […]

IRCAD, a global surgical training institute, will open its North American headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., at Atrium Health’s new innovation district, “the Pearl.”

The University of New Mexico is struggling to meet the needs of its cadaver dissection program due to a severe shortage of donated bodies, the […]

Healthcare systems have started residency programs and partnerships to address workforce shortages.

Nearly 1 in 10 physicians reported having suicidal thoughts in 2021, according to Medscape’s ”Physician Burnout Report” published March 4.

Elk Grove-based California Northstate University College of Medicine was put on probation March 1 by an academic accreditation agency, according to a March 3 report […]

Medical students identifying as underrepresented in medicine were more likely to report exhaustion-related burnout, a Yale study published Feb. 23 in JAMA Network Open found.

The Yale School of Public Health will transition into a self-supporting, independent school, and its leaders have pledged $150 million of endowment toward the school’s […]

The American Hospital Association has voiced concern that a CMS rule prioritizes health professional shortage areas when distributing new medical education slots to teaching hospitals, […]

Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, a professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of the global health nonprofit Partners in Medicine, has died at age 62, […]

Emergency medicine physicians have the highest rates of burnout among all physician specialties, according to a Medscape’s 2022 Physician Burnout and Depression report. 

About 26 percent of public health and preventive medicine physicians are burnt out, the lowest level of any specialty, according to Medscape’s 2022 Public Health […]

About half of infectious disease physicians reported being burned out last year, according to Medscape’s Infectious Disease Physicians Lifestyle & Burnout Report published Feb. 18.

The statements some state medical boards adopted to prevent physicians from spreading COVID-19 misinformation are now threatened by political pressure to restrict medical boards’ authority […]

Physician care varies widely, with some physicians much more likely to deliver proper care than others, even those working in the same area or organization, […]

Healthcare systems have started residency programs and partnerships to address workforce shortages.

Primary care physicians are the gateway to more expensive specialists, and health systems face intensifying  competition for them thanks to insurers, retailers, investment firms and […]

Physicians in Oklahoma are not prohibited from prescribing unapproved treatments such as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine for the off-label purpose of treating COVID-19 patients, the state […]

As public health experts and political leaders construct off-ramps from the highly regulated highway of COVID-19 safety measures, many physicians are encouraging just as much […]

California has the most primary care physicians in the country, while Wyoming has the fewest, according to Kaiser Family Foundation data published Feb. 7.

There are currently 1,061,141 active physicians in the U.S., according to data published by Kaiser Family Foundation Feb. 7.

The national association representing 170,000 physicians will welcome Susan Dentzer as its president and CEO in March.

A Pennsylvania physician accused of prescribing ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine to treat and prevent COVID-19 has been terminated from Tower Health, PennLive reported Feb. 4.

HHS is making $19.2 million available to support and expand training of primary care physician and dental residents in rural and underserved areas.

Medical boards have penalized eight physicians for furthering COVID-19, vaccine and therapeutic misinformation since January 2021, Politico reports. 

Hospitals have resorted to creating their own lottery systems to allocate a scarce supply of COVID-19 antibody treatments for immunocompromised patients, NPR reported Jan. 25.  

Social media has been a hotbed of health falsehoods throughout the pandemic. That’s why some physicians first flocked toward TikTok — and stayed.

The pandemic exposed the myriad inefficiencies and shortcomings of healthcare that workers have long managed to live with. Megan Ranney, MD, a practicing emergency medicine […]

Forty-seven percent of physicians reported feeling burned out last year, up from 42 percent in 2020, according to Medscape’s 2021 Physician Burnout & Depression Report […]

Physicians from health systems in the Atlanta metropolitan area are urging the public to help reduce COVID-19 spread, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, some unvaccinated patients, even those who become critically ill, still deny the virus is behind their deterioration and […]

Bonita Stanton, MD, founding dean of Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and president of Academic Enterprise at Hackensack Meridian Health, died Jan. 19.

Under orders from Gov. Charlie Baker, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Jan. 14 released several emergency orders to ease strain on the state’s […]

New York City-based NYU Langone selected Jason Fisher, MD, to serve as director of children’s surgical services at the system’s Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital. 

Physician happiness dropped significantly during the pandemic, with 26 percent of surveyed physicians saying they were unhappy compared with 9 percent before the public health […]

Some healthcare systems have launched new residency programs and partnerships to address workforce shortages.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital and the University of South Florida Health in Tampa have launched a new physician group, called USF Tampa General Physicians. 

Medical educators are changing their curriculum to reflect COVID-19’s impact on workforce shortages and the need for various clinicians, Catherine Lucey, MD, professor and vice […]

Reports of verbal and physical abuse against staff at San Diego-based Scripps Health have risen 17 percent through September compared to last year, CBS 8 […]