Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare is working with the Florida State University College of Medicine and real estate firm St. Joe's Co. to create a healthcare campus.
Integration & Physician Issues
An independent monitoring team said it will examine the issue of physicians leaving Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health since the system was taken over by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, according to MedPage Today.
Intermountain Healthcare is teaming up with the University of Utah's medical school to develop a new program that addresses population health and encourages physicians to stay in the region.
Catherine Gordon, MD, was chosen as the new pediatrician-in-chief at Texas Children's Hospital and chair of the pediatrics department at Baylor College of Medicine, the Houston-based institutions said April 6.
Watertown (Wis.) Regional Medical Center has replaced its anesthesiologists with certified registered nurse anesthetists, and some physicians aren't happy about the change, according to Medscape Medical News.
More than 100 hospitals, physician groups and healthcare leaders have pledged to research physician burnout as part of a statewide effort launched by the Massachusetts Medical Society and Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, the organizations said March 31.
Boston-based Harvard University has the No. 1 medical school for research, according to U.S. News and World Report's list of best medical schools for 2022, released March 30.
Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health is again placing severe restrictions on visitation as the state sees a rise in COVID-19 cases, local NBC affiliate WDIV-TV reported March 25.
Billings (Mont.) Clinic said it has ended talks related to a proposed four-year osteopathic medical school in Billings, citing comments made by executive representatives about ethnicity and gender, as well as its its existing commitments to medical education.
Spectrum Health said it has concluded its investigation and taken "corrective action" after photos taken in operating rooms accompanied by insensitive comments were posted to an Instagram account linked to 35 medical residents at the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based system.