Integration & Physician Issues

There are as many as 10,000 physicians in the U.S. who remain "chronically unmatched" from residency programs despite their medical degrees, according to The New York Times.

More than a dozen physicians have exited Mission Health since HCA Healthcare took over the Asheville, N.C.-based health system, according to The Transylvania Times. 

The University of Houston College of Medicine became the 63rd member of the Texas Medical Center, a medical district and neighborhood in south-central Houston. 

Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System partnered with Sound Physicians to expand its hospitalist program.

The U.S. physician workforce has gained women and older members since 2007, according to a new data report released by the Association of American Medical Colleges.

The Washington state Department of Health has charged a physician with unprofessional conduct after he allegedly failed to test a patient for heart problems, and the patient died days later of cardiac arrest, according to the Tri-City Herald.

Being a physician is one of the top jobs in the U.S., with a median salary of $206,500 in 2019, according to a U.S. News & World report. 

Forty-two percent of physicians reported feeling burned out last year, according to Medscape's 2021 Physician Burnout Report published Jan. 25. 

It’s that time of year again—resident recruiting season. Whenever residency programs receive ap-plications from prospective trainees, our clients ask how they should gather and validate applicant-provided information that can help them with future resident onboarding.

Rhode Island Department of Health Director Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, has ordered an emergency suspension of a physician's license after investigators determined he deliberately exposed clinic staff and patients to COVID-19 and presented a danger to the public, according to The…