Integration & Physician Issues

In light of workplace violence in healthcare facilities, the American Hospital Association announced Oct. 19 a new anti-violence framework using four pillars to protect individuals not only in the workplace, but their own communities. 

Michigan State Medical Society announced Oct. 20 it is joining a new coalition focused on preserving and strengthening healthcare teams around the state. 

Massachusetts's Office of the Child Advocate and Commonwealth Medicine and UMass Chan Medical School announced Oct. 20 a coordinated effort to address childhood trauma.

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City has received a $4 million grant to create a skin biology and diseases research hub. 

The Radiology Business Management Association in Fairfax, Va., launched Oct. 19 a coalition dubbed the Radiology Patient Action Network to prevent over $5 billion in federal payment cuts, according to a press release.

The Connecticut Medical Examining Board unanimously agreed Oct. 19 to withdraw the charges against a retired physician accused of distributing fake COVID-19 vaccine and mask exemptions after voluntarily relinquishing her medical license Oct. 1, according to the CT Post.

Strict visitation restrictions in intensive care units had a  negative effect on the job satisfaction of hospital workers, according to a small Medscape survey published Oct. 19.

While concierge medicine has been scrutinized since its inception two decades ago, experts are saying it may be exacerbating physician shortages, according to an Oct. 19 report from Scientific American. 

The Washington Medical Commission suspended the license of a pediatric physician assistant following more than a dozen complaints for prescribing medication without seeing patients and interfering with the care of COVID-19 patients, according to an Oct. 15 report from The…

As hospitals relax their dress codes to pre-pandemic standards across the country, female physicians are preparing for a return of appearance-related sexism, according to an Oct. 16 opinion piece in The Atlantic by Trisha Pasricha, MD.