Integration & Physician Issues

A number of black physicians are resigning or being forced out of medicine due to racial discrimination, ABC News reported Oct. 24.

U.S. workers and professionals are considering alternative options to formal higher education, and the number of students seeking degrees in healthcare reflects the downward trend of overall college enrollment.

When physicians and hospitals are misaligned on decision-making, their performance and resiliency declines. As the majority of physicians in a recent Medscape survey report having no say in management decisions and burnout continues to deplete the workforce, health systems could…

Twenty-two physicians offered candid insights on the difficulties of treating patients with disabilities in anonymous focus groups conducted for a study published this month in Health Affairs.

The Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment released a study Oct. 18 highlighting the ongoing physician shortage nationwide.

Los Angeles-based Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science will launch an independent four-year medical degree program after receiving notice of preliminary accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

Physicians with a disability are significantly more likely to report mistreatment from patients and co-workers, according to a study published in the October edition of Health Affairs. 

A group of more than 150 Pennsylvania physicians are calling Senate candidate Mehmet Oz, MD, a "major threat to public health," PBS and NPR affiliate WHYY reported Oct. 17. 

Fifty-two percent of female physicians don't feel fairly compensated compared to their male counterparts, Medscape's "Female Physician Compensation Report 2022" found.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul invested more than $2.4 million in diversity programs Oct. 13 to help bring more historically underrepresented students to the state's physician workforce.