The State Medical Board of Ohio is considering whether Sherri Tenpenny, DO, a Cleveland-based osteopathic medicine physician known for spreading vaccine misinformation, should lose her license or face other penalties, cleveland.com reported Oct. 27.
Integration & Physician Issues
Here are five physician studies covered by Becker's since Oct. 14:
Philadelphia, Pa.-based Gift of Life Donor Program and Penn Medicine have opened a first-of-its-kind donor care center at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
A new study finds a direct correlation between working long hours and depression symptoms in first-year medical residents, according to an Oct. 24 analysis from U.S. News & World Report.
The American Academy of Pediatrics found general pediatricians reported a 10 percent increase in burnout between 2011 and 2014. A clinical report, "Physician Health and Wellness" published on the organization's website Oct. 24, provided tips for reducing physicians' stress.
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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.