Fifty-two physicians from Philadelphia's Drexel Medicine joined Tower Health Medical Group on Jan. 1, as part of an accelerated process to place Drexel staff in new roles after the Hahnemann University Hospital closure last year.

Houston Methodist Hospital created a "rejuvenation station" within its emergency room where staff can take breaks and get away from stress, according to Fox 26.

Des Moines (Iowa) University is the first medical school in the nation to require courses on mental healthcare, according to local NBC affiliate WHO TV.

Princeton University economists and Nobel Prize winners Anne Case, PhD, and Angus Deaton, PhD, have some choice words about physicians and their contribution to the healthcare cost problem in the U.S.

Trinity Health of New England, a nonprofit clinically integrated network of hospitals in Connecticut and Massachusetts, has expanded its care network, according to Mass Live.

Maine hospitals and health systems are working to develop internal policies for providers after a law went into effect last fall that allows patients with terminal illness to request life-ending medication, the Bangor Daily News reports.  

Most osteopathic medical students — a whopping 80 percent — reported a low sense of personal achievement in a recent study published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.

Nine cardiologists who left CHI Health's Nebraska Heart Institute in June 2018 to form their own practice can no longer perform procedures at CHI Health Nebraska Heart, the Lincoln Journal Star reports. 

Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health responded to concerns from surgeons and nurses about staff shortages by hiring more providers and increasing access to management, according to Crain's Detroit Business.

Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia filed for bankruptcy and closed last year. The aftershocks are still affecting the nearly 1,000 physicians who worked at the hospital when it shut down, according to The Wall Street Journal.

St. Louis-based SSM Health and the Missouri Foundation for Health are helping fund Missouri's first addiction medicine fellowship at St. Louis University School of Medicine, reports St. Louis Public Radio, the local NPR station.

Hawaii is short an estimated 509 to 820 physicians, which represents between 17 percent to more than 27 percent of the current workforce, according to an annual state report from the University of Hawaii.  

Jacksonville (Fla.) University will begin offering two online patient safety degrees for hospital nurses, physicians, administrators and other healthcare professionals in January, according to The Florida Times-Union.

  While states like California continue to debate the scope of practice for nurse practitioners, many others have opted to allow NPs to practice without physician supervision. 

Behind the wheel, orthopedists speed more than physicians, but internists tend to get the most tickets, a study that examines the driving behaviors of physicians shows.

Premed students may benefit from taking an anthropology course to better understand the nuanced social aspects of patient care, reports U.S. News & World Report.

At Allscripts, we understand through more than three decades of serving physician practices just how well you know the needs of your patients, and that raising the success of your practice requires much more than technology solutions.

A bill to establish independence for Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners passed a committee in the Florida House of Representatives Dec. 11, according to WGCU, the local NPR station. 

More than half of all pediatric residents display symptoms of burnout, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

For the first time in history, women make up the majority of enrolled medical students, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.