The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education withdrew accreditation earlier this month for Detroit Medical Center's neurosurgery training program with Wayne State University, according to The Detroit News. The accreditation is slated to end June 30.

The formation of ACOs may contribute to increased consolidation among physician practices, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

NYU Langone Health is renaming its medical school to NYU Robert I. Grossman School of Medicine in honor of the current dean, who was the mastermind behind the school's free-tuition program, according to a surprise announcement at an annual fundraising gala Nov. 4. Robert Grossman, MD, is also the CEO of the New York City-based health system.

Cedarhurst, N.Y.-based South Island Orthopedics is ending its affiliation with New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System, according to Crain's New York. 

California-based St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare, an Allscripts TouchWorks® EHR client, is experiencing the benefits of streamlined clinical workflows from working with Allscripts Developer Program partner, healthfinch, and implementing its prescription renewal delegation solution.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger will offer free tuition annually for 40 medical students who commit to working in primary care at the system after graduation. 

The need to create more efficient and coordinated models of care has never been greater.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas was granted provisional accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, bringing it one step closer to full accreditation, a goal it plans to reach by the 2021-22 academic year. 

Working Halloween has made for some haunting experiences for ER physicians. Three recently shared some of them with ABC News.

Interns, residents and fellows interrupted a graduate medical education meeting Oct. 16 at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital to advocate for improvements to working conditions, WNPR reports.

An oncologist shortage is expected as providers age and an imminent retirement wave approaches, according to an Oct. 11 Doximity analysis. 

General surgery residents, especially women, frequently experience discrimination or mistreatment, according to research published by The New England Journal of Medicine.

Medical residents unconsciously prefer male leaders — a bias that could have a "profound impact" on leadership and patient care, according to a study published Oct. 29 in BMC Medical Education.

Pediatricians are much more likely to discuss noncontroversial safety topics — like smoke alarm safety — than to discuss best practices for gun storage with patient families, according to new research published by JAMA Pediatrics and featured by CNN.

HHS is awarding $319 million in scholarships and loan repayments to clinicians and students who participate in the National Health Service Corps, a program that brings care to underserved communities. HHS announced the awards Oct. 23.

Social determinants of health (SDOH) issues will continue to have a huge impact on the delivery of effective healthcare.

Pullman (Wash.) Regional Hospital needs voter approval for a $29 million bond to create a family medicine residency program for 12 physicians, The Spokesman-Review reports.

Oakwood University, a historically black university in Huntsville, Ala., is partnering with Ross University School of Medicine in Bridgetown, Barbados, to create a program for more African American graduates to attend medical school. The schools announced the partnership Oct. 24.

Historically, for-profit health systems avoided graduate medical education (GME) programs based on the perception that teaching hospitals were costly and inefficient and the required academic credentials were unachievable for community-based hospitals, which comprise a significant portion of for-profit systems.

High healthcare costs are eroding patients' relationships with physicians, according to Marty Makary, MD, a surgeon and professor at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University.