Compared with other clinical and patient-facing roles in the acute care environment, physicians tend to have unique workflow needs in order to advance patient care. Disparate communication technologies will not typically meet these needs. Since physicians work across a multitude…
Integration & Physician Issues
Nearly 88 percent of physicians who shared the same race or ethnicity as their patients received the maximum score on a patient experience survey compared to 82 percent from discordant pairs, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network…
During an Oct. 28 webinar hosted by Becker's Hospital Review and sponsored by the American Medical Association, healthcare leaders from the AMA and Louisiana-based Ochsner Health discussed how health systems can look upstream for the drivers behind physician burnout.
A new oath recited by first-year medical students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine addresses racial injustice and misinformation, according to NPR.
Support staff at a New Jersey hospital were more likely to test positive for COVID-19 or virus antibodies compared to physicians and nurses, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
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Many misconceptions still exist about osteopathic physicians and their abilities, despite these physicians receiving the same training and practice rights as peers who attend traditional medical schools, the American Medical Association and American Osteopathic Association said in a joint Nov.…
Burnout among physicians remains a crucial factor affecting healthcare settings in the U.S. A joint study released in 2019 by the American Medical Association, Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine and the Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic found 43.9 percent of physicians…
Physicians with positive sleep disorder screening results were more likely to report burnout and low levels of professional fulfillment, according to a study published Oct. 30 in JAMA Network Open.
Physician practices have seen a 32 percent average decrease in revenue amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey from the American Medical Association.
Many emergency physicians on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic are hesitant to seek mental health treatment, according to a new poll from the American College of Emergency Physicians and Morning Consult.