More than 2,000 people and 200 faculty members have called on Los Angeles-based University of Southern California President C.L. Max Nikias, PhD, to resign from his position following the latest scandal involving a former university physician, the Los Angeles Times reports.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/24/18

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education approved the University of Buffalo (N.Y.) Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences' plan to reintroduce a medical residency program in radiology, according to Buffalo Business First.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/24/18

The proportion of male African-American medical school graduates reached 57 percent in 1986, but the rate had dropped to 35 percent by 2015, according to the science journal Nature.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/22/18

Members of the American Academy of Physician Assistants have called on the organization to investigate the feasibility of changing the discipline's professional title, the AAPA said in a statement released May 22.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/22/18

Clalit Health Services (Tel Aviv, Israel) is the largest of Israel's four health service organizations, which administer health care services and funding for their members. Almost 20 years ago, Clalit Health Services leaders began thinking about how best to share clinical information among widely dispersed hospitals and clinics.  By Nir Weiss, Allscripts Director Professional Services, International - 5/22/18

A recent blog post and podcast episode by Patrick Yoder, CEO and co-founder of LogicStream Health, talks with Dr. Richard Priore, CEO of Excelsior Healthcare Group, about the importance of partnering with physicians in the business case for healthcare. By Staff - 5/22/18

Forty-one percent of patients identified the quality of care they receive as the most important factor in selecting a primary care physician, according to recent report by business management and consulting firm McKinsey & Co.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/22/18

While hospital-employed physician rates climbed to 32.6 percent in 2016, physicians are seemingly transitioning back to independent practice — 72 percent of physicians identified as practitioners at independent or physician-led group practices in 2017, according to a recent Black Book Market Research report.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/22/18

Five former Los Angeles-based University of Southern California students filed two separate lawsuits against the university and former university gynecologist George Tyndall, MD, May 21.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/22/18

Clinician burnout is one of the greatest challenges facing the healthcare industry today, but applying human-centered design to clinical IT experiences may be able to reduce that burnout.  By Leo Vartorella - 5/21/18

First-year medical school enrollment has increased 29 percent since the 2002-03 school year, according to a recent report released by the Association of American Medical Colleges.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/21/18

Los Angeles-based University of Southern California is under fire for failing to report George Tyndall, MD, a gynecologist at the university's health center, to the state's medical board after receiving scores of complaints from current and former students claiming he regularly directed inappropriate and sexual comments toward them, according to The New York Times.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/21/18

Key thoughts:  By Ken W. Altman MD PhD - 5/18/18

Kennett, Mo.-based Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center, which is set to close June 30, has health professionals in the area scrambling to provide care to local residents, according to KASU.   By Alyssa Rege - 5/16/18

Bugs in Pennsylvania's new electronic physician licensing system have officials at some of the state's biggest hospitals worried about potential staffing shortages come July 1, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/16/18

Not so long ago, physician charts were much simpler. For example, in the photo below my husband is holding his entire pediatric medical record:  By Jennifer Bolduc, MD, Allscripts - 5/15/18

The potential end to Detroit Medical Center and Troy, Mich.-based Wayne State University Physician Group's 100-year partnership may violate the terms of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's 2013 agreement to purchase DMC's parent company, according to The Detroit News.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/15/18

Charlotte, N.C.-based Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants filed a temporary restraining order and injunction against Charlotte-based Atrium Health and its new anesthesiology provider in North Carolina Business Court May 11, claiming the health system and its new provider are attempting to recruit physicians from SAC.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/15/18

While the average physician's salary amounts to roughly $299,000, specialty physicians make $30,000 more per year, on average, according to a recent report by Medscape.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/14/18

A state judge suspended the medical license of Marco Chavez, MD, May 7 after the psychiatrist admitted to drinking 16 ounces of vodka before 8 a.m. prior to seeing patients, according to NBC Bay Area.  By Alyssa Rege - 5/11/18