The mortality rate among registered nurses in the U.S. was more than two times higher than the mortality rate among physicians between 2020 and 2022, according to a study published Feb. 24 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers from Boston-based Harvard…
Integration & Physician Issues
In the last four years, Beth Israel Lahey Health has expanded its primary care physician workforce by 30%, but its specialty workforce has remained relatively stagnant, according to its chief clinical officer, Rob Fields, MD. There are a few factors…
Charlotte, N.C., was once the largest city in the U.S. without a four-year medical school. That changed in June, WCNC reported July 9. The Pearl is a “medical innovation district” created by a public-private partnership between Charlotte-based Atrium Health and…
The American Hospital Association has expressed its support for a federal bill that would increase the number of Medicare-supported medical residency positions for the first time in 28 years. The bipartisan Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, introduced by Reps. Terri…
Two states are considering bills that would require medical schools to use A-F grading systems instead of pass-fail. Indiana and Texas are considering SB 289 and HB 5294, respectively, both of which would eliminate pass/fail grading for medical schools and…
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More medical students are joining dual programs to earn a master’s in public health or business administration degree or a PhD alongside their MD, according to an Association of American Medical Colleges report. Here is what to know: 1. The…
A recent study found clinical notes could be used to identify fatigued physicians. The study, published July 1 in Nature, used data from 129,228 ED visits to a single academic medical center over 2010 to 2012 to train a language…
Provisions in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would limit the amount of federal student loans medical students can borrow, and critics worry this could worsen physician shortages across rural areas and specialties. But for one chief medical officer, the…
The federal government’s visa restrictions for several countries are hindering hundreds of international physicians who have been accepted into U.S.-based medical residencies, NBC News reported June 24. In May, the White House limited travel from seven countries and banned travel…
Dermatologists are the least likely specialty to leave their position, while anesthesiologists are the most likely, according to an American Medical Association report published June 24. The “AMA Organizational Biopsy” surveyed nearly 18,000 physicians across 43 states and more than…