Integration & Physician Issues

A bill to ban new physician noncompete agreements passed the Indiana Senate Health and Provider Services Committee on Jan. 25, Indiana Public Media reported.

Editor's note: This letter to the editor is in response to the article New York physicians push for aid-in-dying law. It has been lightly edited.

New Jersey's Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program secured a $10 million grant in the form of American Rescue Plan funds, TapInto reported Jan. 23.

Seattle-based University of Washington Medicine created a $20 million deanship to honor retired dean Paul Ramsey, MD. 

Physicians' happiness fell amid the pandemic and is not rebounding easily, according to Medscape's 2023 Physician Lifestyle and Happiness Report.

Nearly 75 percent of patients turn to online reviews as the first step when searching for a new physician. Despite their popularity, it's largely been unclear whether online ratings are reliable or signal quality information to patients. A new study…

An artificial intelligence chatbot that generates humanlike responses passed all three parts of the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam, according to findings published in the preprint server medRxiv. 

Acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP is also known as iTTP) is a rare, life-threatening medical emergency that can cause microvascular thrombi and consequent thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, and organ ischemia.1,2,3 In the US, aTTP affects fewer than 2,000 adults each year.4…

A hospital performance report found deaths related to sepsis, heart attacks and respiratory failure rose in Pennsylvania hospitals, PBS affiliate WHYY reported Jan. 14.

Of active physicians in the U.S. in 2021, 46.7 percent were 55 or older, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges' "2022 Physician Specialty Data Report."