In a recent publication from Philips, Henk van Houten explains the need and ability for prostate cancer, the second most common cancer among men worldwide, treatment to be optimized and individualized. 

Oklahoma is experiencing a severe physician shortage in part due to a limited number of residency positions in the state, one medical leader told CBS affiliate KWTV.

Thanks to $160 million in donations, New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine is wiping out medical school debt for all its students who qualify for financial aid, the school announced Sept. 16. 

Seven physicians plan to break away from the CaroMont Medical Group to join Tryon Medical Partners, an independent practice formed by nearly 100 physicians who ditched Atrium Health last year, according to The Charlotte Observer.

California passed a bill Sept. 12 that will require clinicians to complete implicit bias training as part of their continuing education, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital, part of the Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health system, created a new leadership role for physician wellness, according to the Connecticut Post. 

Most medical schools teach just nine hours of formalized pain education, according to Shravani Durbhakula, MD, a pain management specialist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. 

Emergency rooms in communities where surgeon availability is limited can be forced into a game of patient hot potato when an individual presents with a condition the hospital is unable to treat. When the hospital has to send a patient to another facility as quickly as possible, quality patient care is put at risk, community trust in the hospital erodes and revenue opportunities are lost.

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network created a new family medicine residency program designed "to stop burnout before it happens," the system announced Sept. 5.

To combat the physician shortage that all states are suffering from, Arizona is changing its licensing laws, according to CNBC.

Vituity's Director of Benefits, Chris Renner, provides advice on financial planning for young physicians based on his extensive experience in personal finance. 

Male and female physicians report that women in medicine face more harassment, fewer opportunities and lower pay than men, according to CompHealth, a healthcare staffing firm.

The number of nonwhite students graduating from medical schools has increased since 2002 but black, Hispanic and American Indian students are still underrepresented, according to a study published Sept. 4 in Jama Network Open Journal. 

VillageMD, a Chicago-based provider of primary care support solutions, raised $100 million in a Series B funding round led by international investment firm Kinnevik.

A bankruptcy court judge will rule Sept. 4 on whether a consortium of health systems in the Philadelphia area can buy Hahnemann University Hospital's residency program for $55 million, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

The Federation of State Medical Boards will house and manage all available physician training records from Philadelphia-based Hahnemann University Hospital before it closes on Sept. 6.

A recent article by ECG Management Consultants reviews when health systems should be prepared to focus their efforts on patient centricity and value transparency. 

A healthcare union rallied Aug. 28 to try to stop Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health from buying the residency program from the closing Hahnemann University Hospital, CBS Philly reports.

The Keck Graduate Institute School of Medicine in Claremont, Calif., has named the former longtime CEO of Molina Healthcare its founding dean.

Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare has seen a substantial drop in physician turnover since facing a mass exodus last summer, reports the Sun Journal.