Integration & Physician Issues

The pandemic-related economic downturn is creating serious health consequences for patients worldwide, according to a Sermo study published March 16.

A now-deactivated Instagram account affiliated with 35 Spectrum Health residents that contained insensitive comments and photos of physicians posing with surgically removed tissue and organs has brought on an internal investigation at the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based system. 

 A physician and child abuse expert criticized for lacking the credentials to do her job has left Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, Wash., according to the Kitsap Sun.

A plastic surgeon in Northern California who appeared for a virtual court hearing from the operating room while another surgeon was performing a facelift in the background said the situation was misunderstood, local NBC affiliate KCRA reported March 8. 

VillageMD is opening 15 new Village Medical-branded physician practices in Michigan this year, the Chicago-based healthcare startup said March 2.

Hospitals can improve their financial standing and the overall well-being of their physician network — now and beyond the pandemic — by ensuring they have an optimized physician compensation strategy. 

The Medical Board of California is investigating an incident in which a plastic surgeon appeared for a virtual traffic trial while a patient was undergoing a procedure in the background, The Sacramento Bee reported Feb. 26. 

At least 55 physicians have decided to part ways with Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health since it was acquired by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare in February 2019, according to TV station WLOS. 

Rocky Vista University, a for-profit osteopathic school, plans to build a four-year medical school in Billings, Mont., officials said Feb. 22.

Two emergency medicine physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston shared strategies that have helped them curb burnout among their teams in a Harvard Business Review article published earlier this month.