Integration & Physician Issues

Six factors in particular are driving physicians' high burnout rates, and they existed well before the pandemic's onset, according to Paul DeChant, MD. 

Here are 10 contributions to medical schools in 2022 that Becker's has covered since Feb. 8: 

Since 2015, the number of medical residents and fellows affiliated with Ascension Seton in Austin, Texas, and Dell Medical School at The University of Texas in Austin has increased 55 percent, translating to 401 physicians providing care across Central Texas,…

Penn Medicine plans to purchase a minority equity stake in Independence Blue Cross's subsidiary Tandigm Health, according to a Sept. 27 news release.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, both in New Brunswick, N.J., have partnered to create a new medical research and innovation center, New Jersey 101.5 reported Sept. 26. 

Bruce Hall, MD, took over as chief medical officer for St. Louis-based BJC Healthcare in November 2021. Since assuming the role, he has led the system through the pandemic with one of his core values: integrity. 

Miami Dade College and University of Miami (Fla.) partnered to grow the medical scholars summer program for disadvantaged students, Miami Herald reported Sept. 26

Tempe, Ariz.-based Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences was renamed Sonoran University of Health Sciences, according to a Sept. 26 news release.

Atchison, Kan.-based Benedictine College and Catholic Healthcare International signed a collaborative affiliation agreement Sept. 8 to establish a new independent medical school.

Nearly one-third of young physicians say they would not choose a career in medicine again, according to Medscape's 2022 Young Physician Compensation Report.