Integration & Physician Issues

Voter participation among physicians was 14 percentage points lower than that of the general population between 2006 and 2018, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

About half of medical students say the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced their decision to enter medicine, a recent Medscape report found.

A group of retired physicians is urging Virginia Mason Memorial, a 256-bed hospital in Yakima, Wash., to split with Virginia Mason Health System over concerns about a potential merger, according to the Yakima Herald-Republic.

Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., announced Oct. 15 that it will launch a new college of medicine in partnership with Nashville-based HCA Healthcare.  

As physician compensation reform and regulatory scrutiny continue to be a focus of attention, parties are putting forth a more concentrated effort to ensure physician compensation arrangements are considered fair market value (FMV).

Los Angeles-based medical apparel company Figs has come under fire for a website ad  featuring a woman in pink scrubs and a DO name tag holding a Medical Terminology for Dummies book upside down, reports ABC News.

Surgery has undergone a great deal of fluctuation amid COVID-19 pandemic. As the country grappled with a relatively unknown virus and raced to learn more about it, hospitals suspended elective and nonurgent surgeries. In some cases, operating rooms were co-opted…

Four physicians resigned from Meade (Kan.) District Hospital after raising concerns over the hospital's executive leadership, according to local news stations KSCB and KAKE.

Saltzer Health, a physician group based in Nampa, Idaho, is joining Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, the health system announced Sept. 29.

Citing financial pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic, University Hospital in Augusta, Ga., plans to withdraw from its joint venture with a 400-member physician group, according to a letter obtained by local news station WJBF.