• After MSU shooting, Sparrow Hospital expands its mass casualty protocol

    On Feb. 13, Sparrow Hospital in East Lansing, Mich., received and treated five victims from a mass shooting that took place on Michigan State University's campus killing three and injuring five. Now, nine months after the mass casualty event, the hospital is working to expand its protocols for events like this. 
  • Healthcare ready to nix daylight saving

    Daylight saving time began in 1908 as a way to conserve energy; however, recent studies have found the practice may have a detrimental impact on Americans and the healthcare system.
  • The top specialties female physicians would choose again

    Fewer female physicians say they would choose medicine as a career again, a Medscape report found.
  • Improving hospital margins by reducing care variation

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  • California critical access hospitals get green light to employ physicians

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation allowing critical access hospitals in the state to employ physicians. 
  • Viewpoint: Doctor, physician, provider — who should use which titles?

    Increasingly, non-physicians are using the term doctor for those who receive a PhD. All people who earn a PhD deserve the cultural authority to call themselves doctors, but patients deserve to know the distinction, Michael Brant-Zawadzki, MD, a radiologist and senior physician executive at Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag, wrote in an op-ed piece on Medpage Today's Kevin MD.
  • 23% of nursing and medical students think about quitting: report

    More than 23% of medical and nursing students in the U.S. are considering quitting their programs, according to a new report from Elsevier Health. 
  • Belmont's new Frist College of Medicine accepting applications

    Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., announced that applications are live for the new college of medicine it launched in partnership with Nashville-based HCA Healthcare.  
  • Physician lobbies to end corporate medicine

    A North Carolina physician is lobbying federal regulators to end corporate practice of medicine, the Citizen Times reported Oct. 30.
  • 3 loopholes incentivize hospitals to not report physician safety concerns: Report

    The National Practitioner Data Bank has three loopholes that make it possible for physicians to practice in multiple states even after being accused of patient safety issues and incentivize hospitals to not report concerns, the Gothamist reported Oct. 30.
  • Physicians, advocates raise concerns over lack of AI regulation

    Physicians and advocates are raising concerns about the use of artificial intelligence in medicine due to the lack of regulation and oversight.
  • Physicians seek clarity from hospitals on abortion care

    Few hospitals or health systems offer clear guidance to help physicians interpret medical exceptions to state abortion laws, The Washington Post reported Oct. 28.
  • 22 specialties with the highest malpractice frequency

    Surgery is the specialty with the highest malpractice lawsuit frequency, while psychiatry has the lowest, a Medscape report found.
  • 29 specialties by percentage of female physicians

    OB-GYN is the specialty with the highest percentage of female physicians while orthopedics has the lowest, a Medscape report found.
  • Viewpoint: The end of physicians?

    As we enter the mid-2020s, we find ourselves at a crossroads. Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more common, and its abilities are expanding at an exciting (or alarming, depending upon your point of view) rate. Soon, we will turn AI loose, and armed with hundreds of millions of patient charts to learn from, it will effortlessly out-diagnose and out-treat every one of us. 
  • A 5-step solution to physician shortages, per AMA's president

    Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, American Medical Association president, outlined a potential five-step solution to the physician shortage crisis in a speech to the National Press Club on Oct. 25.
  • AdventHealth employs new patient intake method at 8 ERs

    The emergency department at AdventHealth East Orlando developed a patient intake technique to streamline care and ensure patients are seen more quickly, which is now being used across the health system's eight hospital-based emergency departments, according to an Oct. 25 news release.
  • The most challenging parts of the job for female physicians

    Female physicians indicated that long hours at work and rules and regulations were the two most challenging parts of the job, a Medscape report found.
  • 22 systems launching residency programs

    Several hospitals and health systems have rolled out new physician residency programs this year to create more training opportunities for students after medical school and expand the pipeline of future physicians. 
  • Female physicians saw 6% raise over last year: 8 notes

    Female physicians saw a 6.4% raise in compensation last year, narrowing the gender pay gap, a Medscape report found.
  • Physician searches go unfilled as shortage rises

    America's physician shortage is on the rise, affecting recruitment and retention, according to one new study. 

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