Integration & Physician Issues

The American Medical Association and Morehouse School of Medicine's Satcher Health Leadership Institute in Atlanta have created a physician fellowship program that will focus on addressing the causes of health inequities, the organizations said Feb. 22.

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. 

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