Integration & Physician Issues

Emily Lieberman, MD — a pediatrician who survived a mass shooting in Highland Park, Ill., last summer — has mobilized dozens of physicians to share their medical expertise on the gun violence epidemic and lobby for reforms at the nation's…

Attending physicians and advanced practice clinicians in emergency departments are more concerned about medical errors resulting in patient harm than in malpractice litigation, according to a study published Nov. 11 in JAMA Network Open.

New York physicians are advocating for a law that would allow terminally ill patients to request medication that will result in their death, the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal reported Nov. 20.

If used right, a signing bonus can be a significant asset for young physicians, a finance expert told the American Medical Association in a Nov. 17 article. 

Harassment and bullying are not new to medicine, but they have been on the rise the last few years — especially among female and minority physicians, according to a Nov. 16 American Medical Association article.

Many physicians and healthcare leaders say they plan to stay on Twitter to counter medical disinformation amid concerns about changes to the platform's content moderation policy after Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover. 

Physicians are more likely to spot medical misinformation than the public, though recent survey results illustrate just how chasmic that gap is. 

The American Medical Association and 87 other physician organizations are opposing a congressional bill that would expand the scope of practice for nonphysician practitioners.

Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health is planning to team up with George Washington University in Washington, D.C., for a new medical campus located at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. 

Jeff Hartzell, MD, longtime physician at Philadelphia-based Pennsylvania Hospital and hospice care pioneer, died of heart disease Oct. 13 at the age of 93, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Nov. 8.