Integration & Physician Issues

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed two laws Oct. 7 updating physician assistant practices in the state under the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act and Medical Practice Act. 

Prisma Health has combined its two physician-led clinically integrated networks to form inVio, a new brand with centralized operations that has over 5,000 physicians, the South Carolina-based health system said Oct. 7.

Researchers at the University of California at San Diego are creating 250 air purifiers for locations around campus that filter at least 90 percent of the particles carrying the COVID-19 virus, according to an Oct. 7 report from CBS.

The American Medical Association honored 44 health systems for their efforts to support clinicians' well-being amid potential burnout. The organization unveiled the list in an Oct. 7 press release as recipients of the 2021 Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition…

The Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants updated its guidelines for best practices for physician assistants and their employers, according to an Oct. 6 Clinical Advisor interview with Ann Verhoeven, immediate past president of SEMPA. 

Being truthful with patients about their prognoses is one of a physician's most difficult responsibilities. But when critically ill patients are in denial during their last hours, it only adds more pain, a pulmonary and critical-care physician wrote Oct. 6…

The American Academy of Physician Assistants is holding both in-person and virtual events throughout the next week to honor physician assistants around the country. 

Oklahoma would need 250 pediatricians to start work immediately just to meet the national per child average, according to the head of the state's largest pediatric residency program. 

John Hagel III, recently retired founder of Silicon Valley-based research facility Center for the Edge, said leaders today need to revisit an overlooked skill: asking questions. 

The California National Guard dispatched teams to three hospitals in northern California and the Central Valley as workers continue to fight the surge of COVID-19 cases, according to an Oct.1 Los Angeles Times report.