Integration & Physician Issues

An employee at Grafton, Wis.-based Aurora Medical Center has been fired after purposefully removing 57 COVID-19 vaccine vials containing more than 500 doses from refrigeration, CBS 58 reported Dec. 30. 

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill this week to immediately permit reciprocity in licenses, registrations and certifications for Canadian healthcare professionals in Michigan.

A mindfulness program reduced healthcare professionals' burnout by 27 percent, according to a recent study published in Global Advances in Health and Medicine. 

As private equity firms acquire medical groups, their patients may notice a new piece of paperwork pushed their way — a form for binding arbitration, in which patients waive their rights to a jury trial in the event of medical…

A Black female physician has died of COVID-19 about two weeks after claiming racism affected the care she received at an Indiana hospital, reports The New York Times. 

The American Hospital Association's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity released a white paper and dashboard tool meant to help healthcare systems improve health equity.

Heroes don’t always wear capes. In 2020, the world recognized the heroes that walk among us - the ones we see on the bus going to work and in the grocery story buying food and supplies for their family. These…

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health and Morehouse School of Medicine are partnering for a 10-year, $100 million partnership to develop and train more Black physicians, they said Dec. 17.

The Berggruen Prize Jury selected Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, as the recipient of its 2020 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture, a distinction that comes with a $1 million award. 

Joseph Varon, MD, chief of staff at Houston-based United Memorial Medical Center,hasn't had a day off since March, the Washington Post reported Dec. 12.