Three senators introduced a bill to add 15,000 training positions for physicians over five years to help address the physician shortage.

A recent press release by Quest Diagnostics announced that it has completed its acquisition of the clinical laboratory services business of Boyce & Bynum Pathology Laboratories. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare physicians can recommend medical marijuana treatment for eligible patients under Utah's new cannabis program, the health system said Feb. 14.

Yale School of Medicine Dean Robert Alpern, MD, said during his annual address that he aims to have students graduate from the school debt-free, the Yale Daily News reports.

A recent blost post by ECG Management Consultants discusses ways children's hospitals can improve their brand. 

Tom Jenike, MD, chief human experience officer at Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health, spoke with athenaInsight about the leadership development program the health system established to help combat the physician-burnout crisis.

The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine launched a new campaign Feb. 12 to motivate more medical students to pursue a DO medical degree.

A joint investigation by The Wall Street Journal and PBS' "Frontline" found the Indian Health Service agency, run by HHS, has employed "a number of problem physicians," including a pedophile who was allowed to treat children for more than two decades.

While prominent industry players have attributed widespread understaffing issues to a nursing shortage, some industry experts and recent research claim such a shortage does not exist, The Guardian reports.

Health professionals looking to obtain advanced degrees in pediatric cancer will have the chance to enroll in a master's program at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., beginning in July, according to Fox 13 News.

Researcher Christopher Willoughby, PhD, wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post that the controversy involving Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, MD, highlights the long history of "morbid racism" in U.S. medical schools.

Maisha Robinson, MD, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic Florida campus in Jacksonville, spoke with author Jaimie Wilson as part of the Jacksonville Business Journal's celebration of Black History Month, which takes place in February.

A St. Louis-based SSM Health nurse and a group of other medical practitioners were on standby in case of a national disaster during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Feb. 6, according to KMOX News Radio 1120.

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center is examining alternatives to using live pigs to help emergency medicine physicians hone their skills amid criticism, Penn Live reports.

A longtime orthopedic surgeon announced his decision to leave Fort Bragg, Calif.-based Mendocino Coast District Hospital after the board fired CEO Bob Edwards in January despite renewing his contract last year, according to the Fort Bragg Advocate-News.

Eighty-four percent of physicians said quality time with patients may be a thing of the past, according to a recent survey by Geneia, a healthcare data analytics firm.

While medical school may constitute the epitome of some students' career dreams, others may discover their true passion and entrepreneurial spirit while pursuing their medical degree, according to the American Medical Association.

Health system leaders are between a rock and a hard place.

A recent article by ECG Management Consultants analyzes why sponsoring an MSSP ACO makes sense for hospitals or health systems. 

Recent decisions and alleged threats by leadership at Erlanger Health System over physician contracts have reportedly created a culture of distrust among physicians at the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based system, according to documents obtained by the Times Free Press.