Many emergency physicians on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic are hesitant to seek mental health treatment, according to a new poll from the American College of Emergency Physicians and Morning Consult.

Voter participation among physicians was 14 percentage points lower than that of the general population between 2006 and 2018, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

About half of medical students say the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced their decision to enter medicine, a recent Medscape report found.

A group of retired physicians is urging Virginia Mason Memorial, a 256-bed hospital in Yakima, Wash., to split with Virginia Mason Health System over concerns about a potential merger, according to the Yakima Herald-Republic.

Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., announced Oct. 15 that it will launch a new college of medicine in partnership with Nashville-based HCA Healthcare.  

As physician compensation reform and regulatory scrutiny continue to be a focus of attention, parties are putting forth a more concentrated effort to ensure physician compensation arrangements are considered fair market value (FMV).

Los Angeles-based medical apparel company Figs has come under fire for a website ad  featuring a woman in pink scrubs and a DO name tag holding a Medical Terminology for Dummies book upside down, reports ABC News.

Surgery has undergone a great deal of fluctuation amid COVID-19 pandemic. As the country grappled with a relatively unknown virus and raced to learn more about it, hospitals suspended elective and nonurgent surgeries. In some cases, operating rooms were co-opted for COVID-19 care. But as states reopened, surgery service lines did as well, and now many organizations are working to adjust surgery services to the new normal.

Four physicians resigned from Meade (Kan.) District Hospital after raising concerns over the hospital's executive leadership, according to local news stations KSCB and KAKE.

Saltzer Health, a physician group based in Nampa, Idaho, is joining Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, the health system announced Sept. 29.

Citing financial pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic, University Hospital in Augusta, Ga., plans to withdraw from its joint venture with a 400-member physician group, according to a letter obtained by local news station WJBF.

Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Health is distancing itself from Jeffrey Barke, MD, after the physician said a gun offers more protection against COVID-19 than a facemask, according to The Orange County Register. 

John J. Magri IV, MD, a Florida-based physician who patients say was lax about wearing a mask, died Sept. 16 and tested positive for the new coronavirus post-mortem, Florida Today reports.

Nearly half of primary care clinicians say their mental exhaustion from work is at its highest level, and 12 percent say members of their practice have left primary care due to the pandemic, according to a new survey. 

For physicians younger than 40, relationships with their patients and their gratitude are the most rewarding parts of their job, while the array of rules and regulations they must adhere to is the most challenging, a new Medscape report shows.

Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., has established an endowment for the division chief for pediatric hematology/oncology.

About half of pediatricians say their office has a dismissal policy for families who refuse routine vaccinations, a study published in JAMA Network Open found.

Nearly all hospitals specify a patient's right to receive care free of sexual harassment, but few include a zero tolerance policy of harassment toward healthcare workers in the patients' responsibilities, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

An emergency room physician at Kohala Hospital in Kapaau, Hawaii, tested positive for COVID-19, prompting testing for potentially exposed patients and employees as well as infection prevention deep clean protocols, the hospital announced Sept. 12.

About 54 percent of U.S. physicians said they have treated COVID-19 patients in person, and another 26 percent report treating coronavirus patients over the phone or via video, according to a new Medscape report.