Most medical students in the U.S. receive little or no formal training in guiding patients and their families through end-of-life care, WSU Insider reported Jan. 14. A study from Pullman-based Washington State University, published Dec. 3 in Academic Medicine, analyzed…
Integration & Physician Issues
As executive vice president and chief medical officer of Adventist HealthCare, Patsy McNeil, MD, delivers an unconventional message to new physicians: the importance of knowing when to say no when asked to take on responsibilities beyond their primary role. She…
Referring to physicians as “providers” undermines their ethical obligations, clinical integrity, accountability and trust with patients, according to a February policy paper from the American Colleges of Physicians. Medical journal articles have previously critiqued the term “provider,” but the industry’s…
Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth will not renew its contract with its current emergency physicians, opting to partner with Atlanta-based ApolloMD instead, CBS affiliate KCBY reported Feb. 5. PeaceHealth’s current contracts with Eugene (Ore.) Emergency Physicians will end May 30 at PeaceHealth…
A proposed $20,500 annual limit on federal loans for graduate programs will shrink the PA workforce, according to a survey of 4,545 practicing PAs, students and individuals aspiring to join the profession. The American Academy of Physician Associates conducted the…
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Some health systems are requiring physicians 70 and older to undergo comprehensive cognitive evaluations. Many physicians choose to retire instead, The New York Times reported Jan. 31. The physician workforce has faced an aging problem for decades. In 2005, more…
A need for call coverage and the boom in outpatient care are driving health systems to develop hospitalist models for medical specialties not traditionally associated with hospitalists, including gastroenterology. Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System, which operates 16 hospitals, is one…
NYC Health + Hospitals, an 11-hospital system based in New York City, has secured federal funding for 75 new positions in its Graduate Medical Education programs, according to a Jan. 26 news release. To address the nation’s worsening shortage of…
Uncertainty over whether physicians and medical residents will be exempt from a newly imposed $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications has left many hospitals in wait-and-see mode as they finalize recruitment plans for the year, according to a Jan. 21…
At Stanford (Calif.) Medicine, faculty don’t typically flock to voluntary training programs. But over the past five years, a professional coaching initiative has drawn hundreds of educators eager to build skills that traditional medical training leaves out. “People vote with…