Integration & Physician Issues

Some healthcare systems have launched new residency programs and partnerships to address workforce shortages.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital and the University of South Florida Health in Tampa have launched a new physician group, called USF Tampa General Physicians. 

The Medical Board of California is asking lawmakers to pass reforms that would extend its ability to discipline physicians accused of misconduct, The Los Angeles Times reported Jan. 7.

Medical educators are changing their curriculum to reflect COVID-19’s impact on workforce shortages and the need for various clinicians, Catherine Lucey, MD, professor and vice dean for education at the University of California San Francisco Medical School, said in a…

Reports of verbal and physical abuse against staff at San Diego-based Scripps Health have risen 17 percent through September compared to last year, CBS 8 reported Dec. 23. 

CMS issued a final rule Dec. 17 that will fund 1,000 additional medical residency positions in hospitals serving rural and underserved communities. 

Los Angeles-based Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center named Thomas Yadegar, MD, the 2021 Murray Mazur Physician of the Year, it said Dec. 10. 

Legislation to address the nation's physician burnout crisis is one step closer to becoming law after passing in the House of Representatives Dec. 8. 

The Federation of State Medical Boards on Dec. 9 released findings from its annual survey showing that 67 percent of its members have experienced an increase in complaints related to licensee dissemination of untrue or misleading COVID-19 information. 

Due to a new statute state lawmakers passed during a special session, Tennessee's medical licensing board voted Dec. 7 to remove from its website a policy opposing COVID-19 misinformation, a board spokesperson confirmed to Becker's.