Across the country, health systems continue to invest in operating rooms while surgeons still hear the same message: there isn’t enough OR time. Yet when organizations take a closer look, the story is often more complicated. The challenge is not…
Integration & Physician Issues
Colorado opened its third medical school July 24, the University of Northern Colorado College of Osteopathic Medicine in Greeley. The state-funded school will welcome 81 students in its inaugural class, with just over half from Colorado, according to a news…
Six states have adopted the physician associate title, and hospitals in those states are in different stages of using the title internally. The American Academy of Physician Associates voted in 2021 to adopt “physician associate” as the profession’s official title,…
Michigan has become the 29th state to join the PA Licensure Compact after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation easing multistate practice for physician assistants, according to the American Academy of Physician Associates. The compact lets eligible PAs obtain a “compact…
Six physician specialties saw lower rates of burnout between 2024 and 2026, but still reported lower rates of happiness. Becker’s compiled Medscape’s “Physician Mental Health & Well-Being Report” in 2025 and 2026 to determine the rate of happiness change. To…
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Erie, Pa.-based Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and Jacksonville (Fla.) University opened the region’s first four-year medical school July 17. The $50 million facility is located within Jacksonville University’s Medical Mall, an innovative hub for healthcare education, training and…
Male physician leaders were more likely than female physician leaders to have received organizational funding for formal training and certifications, according to survey results published July 15 in NEJM Catalyst. Researchers from Houston Methodist administered the Healthcare Physician Leadership Survey…
Infectious diseases physicians saw the highest increase in happiness from 2025 to 2026, while allergy and immunology saw the greatest drop in happiness. Becker’s used data from Medscape’s “Physician Mental Health & Well-Being Report” in 2025 and 2026. The reports…
Physician pay raises do not correlate to increases in happiness, data shows. Becker’s gathered data from Medscape’s “Physician Mental Health & Well-Being Report” in 2025 and 2026 and pay data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024 to 2025…
Health systems still size most physician panels against a long-standing benchmark of 1,800 to 2,000 patients, but that number is probably wrong, according to a July 9 Kaufman Hall analysis. The benchmark, usually paired with simple age and gender adjustments,…