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Slow or empty threat? Physicians linked to misinformation still have licenses despite boards' warnings
Despite warnings from several national medical boards saying physicians who spread vaccine misinformation could lose their medical licenses, many are still in practice, a Sept. 14 NPR report found. -
One physician's case for refusing to treat unvaccinated patients in person
A family medicine physician has given the nearly 3,000 patients of her independent practice in South Miami a deadline of Sept. 15 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or terminate their patient-physician relationship, the Miami Herald reports. -
Physicians critical of Arkansas hospital's switch to new staffing agency
Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado has selected a new provider of hospitalist and emergency department physician services despite objections from physicians, according to the El Dorado News-Times. -
The Stigma of Opioid Addiction Must Change; TeleMAT is Making it Happen
Far too many Americans possess a negative stereotype about opioid addiction. -
2 Boston physicians killed in plane crash
Two Boston physicians were among the four people killed in a small plane crash in Connecticut on Sept. 2, according to The Boston Globe. -
Six Myths About Treating Opioid Addiction with Telemedicine and MAT
Although much of the nation’s attention has been devoted to the coronavirus pandemic, the opioid epidemic is also ravaging our nation. -
Florida hospital removes physician who charged $50 for mask opt-out letters
Capital Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee, Fla., removed an emergency room physician who was selling parents mask opt-out letters for their school children, according to the Tallahassee Democrat. -
Florida physicians convene, urge unvaccinated to get COVID-19 shots
About 75 physicians from numerous hospitals and medical groups in Palm Beach County, Fla., assembled outside a medical office Aug. 23 to encourage the community to get vaccinated against COVID-19. -
California physician gave 85% of mask exemptions in 1 school district
Dozens of students in California are going maskless because of a medical exemption, with almost all of them coming from one physician, CBS 13 reported Aug. 14. -
Pennsylvania system expands physician staffing agreement to include hospital, ICU care
Upper Allegheny Health System, a health system in Olean, N.Y., expanded its agreement with physician management and staffing firm Keystone Healthcare Partners to include hospital and intensive care unit services. -
Don't let the term 'elective' fool you, physicians urge the public
As a growing number of hospitals pressed for resources due to the COVID-19 surge suspend elective surgeries, some healthcare professionals want the public to know exactly how important an "elective" procedure can be. -
Students who have a bad experience in medical school more likely to regret career, study finds
Students who said they were mistreated during their first two years of medical school were more likely to report exhaustion and career regret by the time they graduated, according to findings published Aug. 9 in JAMA Network Open. -
7 stats on physician burnout amid COVID-19
Sixty-one percent of physicians reported experiencing burnout in 2021, up from 40 percent in 2018, according to a small survey the Physicians Foundation released Aug. 4. -
Seattle Children's keeps racism investigation findings private
Seattle Children's Hospital said it will adopt recommendations from an investigation into systemic racism at the hospital, but the board has yet to release the findings from the monthslong review, according to The Seattle Times. -
Baylor Scott & White demands physician stop using its name
Baylor Scott & White Health is suing a physician for allegedly claiming to be affiliated with the Dallas-based system. The physician says he hasn't claimed to be employed by Baylor Scott & White since leaving the system earlier this year, The Dallas Morning News reported July 29. -
80% of female surgical residents face gender bias & 4 more study findings
Women in surgical residency programs are far more likely to experience discrimination or sexual harassment than their male peers, a study published July 28 in JAMA Surgery found. -
Female surgeons have higher risk of pregnancy loss, study finds
Female surgeons are more likely to delay pregnancy, have nonelective C-sections and experience pregnancy loss than women who aren't surgeons, according to a paper published July 28 in JAMA Surgery. -
Physician lives at Tennessee hospital to be available around the clock
Big South Fork Medical Center in Oneida, Tenn., is one of dozens of rural hospitals across the country struggling to keep its doors open. -
OHSU cuts medical school class size due to lack of clinical placements
Oregon Health & Science University is reducing some class sizes because of a shortage of clinical placement positions in the region, according to The Lund Report. -
Boston Children's physicians to service Cape Cod
Boston Children's Hospital and Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass., are collaborating on pediatric services at Cape Cod's facilities.
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