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.
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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.
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred an alarming jump in racial descrimination and violence against Asian Americans that physicians must address by tailoring their care practices, James Lee, MD, wrote in a commentary published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
A new four-year Wake Forest School of Medicine campus will be built in Charlotte, N.C., near Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, hospital officials said March 24.
The Scholars of Wellness program developed by a psychiatrist at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine decreased physician burnout among the majority of participants and led to increased comfort in communicating with leadership to drive change.
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This year's Match Day held March 19 was the largest on record, according to the National Resident Matching Program, which operates the residency program application system.
Dozens of physicians have decided to part ways with Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health, but the Association of Independent Doctors says the change could be good for physicians and patients, according to WLOS.
A Massachusetts hospital temporarily closed by severe flood damage is accusing Boston-based Beth Israel Lahey Health of poaching its affiliated physicians and undermining its recovery efforts, according to the Boston Business Journal.
Most critical care physicians treating COVID-19 patients were highly stressed last year, study finds
More than half of critical care physicians on the COVID-19 front lines experienced serious emotional distress last year, according to a study published March 17 in Critical Care Medicine.
The pandemic-related economic downturn is creating serious health consequences for patients worldwide, according to a Sermo study published March 16.