Catherine Gordon, MD, was chosen as the new pediatrician-in-chief at Texas Children's Hospital and chair of the pediatrics department at Baylor College of Medicine, the Houston-based institutions said April 6. 

Watertown (Wis.) Regional Medical Center has replaced its anesthesiologists with certified registered nurse anesthetists, and some physicians aren't happy about the change, according to Medscape Medical News. 

More than 100 hospitals, physician groups and healthcare leaders have pledged to research physician burnout as part of a statewide effort launched by the Massachusetts Medical Society and Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, the organizations said March 31.

Boston-based Harvard University has the No. 1 medical school for research, according to U.S. News and World Report's list of best medical schools for 2022, released March 30.  

Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health is again placing severe restrictions on visitation as the state sees a rise in COVID-19 cases, local NBC affiliate WDIV-TV reported March 25. 

Billings (Mont.) Clinic said it has ended talks related to a proposed four-year osteopathic medical school in Billings, citing comments made by executive representatives about ethnicity and gender, as well as its its existing commitments to medical education.

Spectrum Health said it has concluded its investigation and taken "corrective action" after photos taken in operating rooms accompanied by insensitive comments were posted to an Instagram account linked to 35 medical residents at the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based system. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred an alarming jump in racial descrimination and violence against Asian Americans that physicians must address by tailoring their care practices, James Lee, MD, wrote in a commentary published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

A new four-year Wake Forest School of Medicine campus will be built in Charlotte, N.C., near Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, hospital officials said March 24.

The Scholars of Wellness program developed by a psychiatrist at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine decreased physician burnout among the majority of participants and led to increased comfort in communicating with leadership to drive change.

This year's Match Day held March 19 was the largest on record, according to the National Resident Matching Program, which operates the residency program application system.

Dozens of physicians have decided to part ways with Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health, but the Association of Independent Doctors says the change could be good for physicians and patients, according to WLOS. 

A Massachusetts hospital temporarily closed by severe flood damage is accusing Boston-based Beth Israel Lahey Health of poaching its affiliated physicians and undermining its recovery efforts, according to the Boston Business Journal. 

More than half of critical care physicians on the COVID-19 front lines experienced serious emotional distress last year, according to a study published March 17 in Critical Care Medicine.

The pandemic-related economic downturn is creating serious health consequences for patients worldwide, according to a Sermo study published March 16.

A now-deactivated Instagram account affiliated with 35 Spectrum Health residents that contained insensitive comments and photos of physicians posing with surgically removed tissue and organs has brought on an internal investigation at the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based system. 

 A physician and child abuse expert criticized for lacking the credentials to do her job has left Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, Wash., according to the Kitsap Sun.

A plastic surgeon in Northern California who appeared for a virtual court hearing from the operating room while another surgeon was performing a facelift in the background said the situation was misunderstood, local NBC affiliate KCRA reported March 8. 

VillageMD is opening 15 new Village Medical-branded physician practices in Michigan this year, the Chicago-based healthcare startup said March 2.

Hospitals can improve their financial standing and the overall well-being of their physician network — now and beyond the pandemic — by ensuring they have an optimized physician compensation strategy.