Just a day out from scheduled strikes at Ascension locations in Texas and Kansas, health system leaders are refuting claims of unsafe staffing levels at one of its NICU locations.

Rural communities need more physicians; however, many residents find it difficult to get residency slots, resulting in a "lose-lose situation," the Lown Institute reported Dec.4.

Leaders at high-volume emergency departments are finding new ways to handle capacity issues while reducing wait times.

Across U.S. states and territories, clinical neurophysiology is the specialty with the lowest number of active physicians per 100,000 people, while pediatrics has the highest, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges' recently launched interactive online dashboard. 

Oncology and interventional pulmonology were the only programs with 100% fellowship placement among 25 specialties, according to a Nov. 29 National Resident Matching Program report.

New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine announced plans for expansion and a new research center after acquiring five floors of a building located at 1334 York Ave. —  the current location of the Sotheby's auction house.

As nurse practitioners surge to 385,000 strong in the U.S., the growing profession is establishing itself as an even more prominent role in healthcare hierarchies. Simultaneously, the American Medical Association anticipates a looming shortage of 100,000 physicians in the next decade. So how will the growth of one and the shrinking of the other influence hospital dynamics?

Experts are warning clinicians and hospitals in the U.S. to prepare to see increased cases of dengue — a tropical, mosquito-borne disease. In the last month alone, two rare, locally-acquired cases popped up in California. 

Among U.S. states, Idaho has the lowest number of active physicians per 100,000 people, while Massachusetts has the highest, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges' recently launched interactive online dashboard. 

CMS allocated 200 new Medicare-funded residency slots to 100 teaching hospitals, according to a Nov. 16 news release from the American Hospital Association.

The Association of American Medical Colleges has launched an interactive online dashboard that combines data previously published in two separate AAMC publications: the Physician Specialty Data Report and the State Physician Workforce Data Report.  

Physicians at Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital narrowly voted against governing documents that could have "punished physicians who criticized the hospital," the Citizen Times reported Nov. 16.

Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare is beefing up its 60-person security team that oversees safety at five hospitals and more than 24 regional medical centers with new protective K-9s. 

A 29-year-old employee of Hawaii State Hospital was found stabbed to death Nov. 13 at the facility, which is a behavioral health facility in Kaneohe.

As part of its accreditation process, acute care and critical access hospitals will be required to join The Joint Commission National Healthcare Safety Network, the organization noted in a Nov. 1 news release. 

A federal program designed to incentivize physicians to practice in disadvantaged communities has had little effect, a recent study found.

Physicians who completed residency or fellowship in the last six years spend less than two years on average at their first job, according to a report by Jackson Physician Search and Medical Group Management Association.

A hospital in northwestern Iowa is opting to expand its birthing center — going against the trend of ending labor and delivery services at many hospitals nationwide in 2023, RadioIowa reported Nov. 8.

Twenty-six percent of physicians are considering leaving the profession for nonclinical careers, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians and Nonclinical Careers Report," published Nov. 7.  

A bipartisan effort to expedite the recapture of 25,000 already-issued, yet unused immigrant visas for nurses and 15,000 for physicians is garnering support from hospital groups.