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. 

The Medical Board of California is investigating an incident in which a plastic surgeon appeared for a virtual traffic trial while a patient was undergoing a procedure in the background, The Sacramento Bee reported Feb. 26. 

At least 55 physicians have decided to part ways with Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health since it was acquired by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare in February 2019, according to TV station WLOS. 

Rocky Vista University, a for-profit osteopathic school, plans to build a four-year medical school in Billings, Mont., officials said Feb. 22.

Two emergency medicine physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston shared strategies that have helped them curb burnout among their teams in a Harvard Business Review article published earlier this month.

A female physician at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia is recovering from multiple stab wounds after a patient she was treating Feb. 23 allegedly attacked her, according to CBS Philly.

The American Medical Association and Morehouse School of Medicine's Satcher Health Leadership Institute in Atlanta have created a physician fellowship program that will focus on addressing the causes of health inequities, the organizations said Feb. 22.

There are as many as 10,000 physicians in the U.S. who remain "chronically unmatched" from residency programs despite their medical degrees, according to The New York Times.

More than a dozen physicians have exited Mission Health since HCA Healthcare took over the Asheville, N.C.-based health system, according to The Transylvania Times. 

The University of Houston College of Medicine became the 63rd member of the Texas Medical Center, a medical district and neighborhood in south-central Houston. 

Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System partnered with Sound Physicians to expand its hospitalist program.

The U.S. physician workforce has gained women and older members since 2007, according to a new data report released by the Association of American Medical Colleges.

The Washington state Department of Health has charged a physician with unprofessional conduct after he allegedly failed to test a patient for heart problems, and the patient died days later of cardiac arrest, according to the Tri-City Herald.