The rise of artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT have many speculating about its use in medicine, and Benjamin Mazer, MD, an assistant professor of pathology at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University, sees a future where AI becomes a new way to bill patients.

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A physician burnout crisis has emerged that has widespread implications for clinicians and patients alike. Not only is it causing national staff shortage issues, but burnout is changing the profession and the industry.

Residency match results are rolling in for 2023, and an unprecedented number of emergency medicine positions — 555 — are unfilled. 

A California medical group created a simple strategy that aims to restore joy and meaning to medicine.

Mark Funt, MD, a New York physician, died in a snowmobile crash March 10, the Village Times Herald reported.

A burnout crisis has emerged among physicians that has widespread implications for clinicians and patients alike, Jack Resneck Jr., MD, American Medical Association president, wrote in an article March 9 on the organization's website. He added that changes must begin at the health system level.

The world of medicine is changing, and more physicians are turning to side hustles as an outlet and safety net, Peter Kim, MD, an anesthesiologist who started a blog to help other physicians start side businesses, wrote March 9.

As the nation's hospitals and health systems continue to seek solutions to an ongoing shortage of healthcare workers, Anthony Barrueta, the senior vice president of government relations for Kaiser, says simply focusing on hiring is not enough.

Eight states are considering changes to advanced practitioners' scope of practice and practice requirements to address the ongoing staffing crisis.

"Badness" events build the invisible graveyard of every physician's career, but with a plan, physicians can be prepared to manage emotional distress, Maryna Mammoliti, MD, wrote in a March 5 post on Medpage Today's kevinmd.com.

New data reveals that New Mexico is in need of nearly 10,000 healthcare workers — ranging from physicians to nurses — in order to "bring the state up to national standards," Searchlight New Mexico found.

Nearly a quarter of U.S. physicians have symptoms of depression, yet many are hesitant to seek professional help, according to Medscape's ''Physician Burnout Report'' published March 3.

Tampa General Hospital in Florida announced March 2 that it has received international qualifications in two key areas from the DNV, a global certification, assurance and risk management provider.

The Massachusetts Medical Society surveyed 500 physicians, finding some "not wholly surprising but distressing" news, WBUR reported March 2.

The American Academy of Physician Associates adopted the title "physician associate" for the PA profession in May 2021. At the time, it acknowledged there would be a significant number of regulatory requirements that needed to be put in place before the new title would be broadly adopted.

The use of the internet for medical information was only accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to more conflicting and erroneous advice for patients to be confused by in some cases, according to a March 2 article by the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Credentialing applications for physicians have long included a question about whether or not they had ever received mental healthcare. Now some are advocating for that question's removal.

Arkansas is in dire need of physicians and nurses, but the shortage is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon, maybe not even by 2035, the state's hospital association reports.

Nearly half of physicians reported feeling they met the criteria for a psychiatric disorder during medical school but did not seek treatment, possibly due to mental health stigma, Medscape reported.