Coastal Medical, an independent primary care provider with more than 500 employees, plans to join Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan.

Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center-Fort Worth (Texas) plans to launch a residency training program in 2021 to help address the area's physician shortage.

The only neurologist practicing at Onancock, Va.-based Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital abruptly left his post this week, reports the Eastern Shore Post.

Detroit Medical Center will lose accreditation for its neurosurgery training program in June after the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education denied the hospital's appeal, according to The Detroit News.

Allina Health System in Minneapolis bought Apple Valley (Minn.) Medical Clinic before a backdrop of ongoing consolidation among physician groups in the area, according to the Star Tribune.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix has awarded eight students with primary care physician scholarships.

Female physicians often hide unique characteristics that distinguish them from male colleagues, conforming to "an antiquated stereotype of what it means to be a physician," Nisha Mehta, MD, a radiologist in Charlotte, N.C., wrote in an op-ed for Medscape.

More physicians are taking to TikTok, a social media platform where users share content via short videos, to disperse medical lessons, according to The New York Times.

Twenty-one medical students of Tucson-based University of Arizona will receive free tuition for their commitment to providing primary care in underserved communities in the state, according to News 4 Tucson.

Memphis (Tenn.) Obstetrics and Gynecological Association absorbed Women's Health Specialists in Germantown, Tenn., effective Feb. 1, according to Commercial Appeal.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare heard concerns that a recently acquired clinic in North Carolina is lacking a full-time physician, according to the Citizen Times.

Nearly half of physicians (45 percent) isolate themselves to deal with burnout, according to a survey conducted by Medscape.

The Association of American Medical Colleges is working to eliminate gender inequities in medical schools, teaching hospitals and academic societies through a new initiative announced this week.

About half of family medicine physicians have faced at least one malpractice lawsuit during their career, according to Medscape's 2019 Family Physician Malpractice Report.

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, MD, will make Super Bowl history on Feb. 2, becoming the first physician to play in the game, CNN reports.

Physician practices ultimately measure success through performance and results, and as the market continues to demand greater quality at lower costs, physicians must continually rethink their definition of success at their practice.

Communicating compassionately and effectively with patients is a key skill all providers need to learn, and the training begins in medical school.

Professional development programs can help stop some physician unprofessional behavior, according to a study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, is urging physicians to better promote smoking cessation during patient encounters, reports Medscape.

A recent press release by ECG Management Consultants announced compensation for primary care providers collectively increased, demonstrating the value hospitals and health systems are placing on PCP's role as enablers of population health.