Integration & Physician Issues

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. 

Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Ill., has regained its designation as a level 2 trauma center, according to an Oct. 15 Daily Herald report. 

Bayfront Health Seven Rivers, a 128-bed hospital in Crystal River, Fla., will end obstetrical and newborn services and close its labor and delivery unit Feb. 11, 2022, the Citrus County Chronicle reported Oct. 14.

Interest in accelerated three-year medical school programs is on the rise amid mounting student loans and physician shortages, a physician argues in an opinion piece published on the Association of American Medical Colleges website.

New York University Langone Health announced Oct. 11 the launch of the Parekh Center for Interdisciplinary Neurology, a new center dedicated to the study and treatment of neurodegenerative conditions.

Obstetrics and gynecology is the physician specialty with the greatest female representation while orthopaedic surgery has the least, according to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

The University of California Davis announced Oct. 11 a partnership with the Sacramento County Health Center offering a comprehensive trauma-informed program for the state's youth in foster care. 

Internationally trained medical graduates in Washington state have the opportunity to get their medical licenses within two years, with an opportunity for renewal, under a new program, according to an Oct. 11 Time report.