Integration & Physician Issues

A California OB-GYN says she lost her hospital privileges after posting a video online about other healthcare workers not socially distancing, according to CBS Los Angeles.

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life as we knew it worldwide, generating much anxiety, uncertainty and fear. Through it all, healthcare workers on the front lines are dealing with the dual stressors of working to save as many lives as…

About a quarter of healthcare workers rated their access to personal protective equipment as "poor," a new survey shows.

In today’s environment of increasing margin pressure, hospital executives are constantly looking for ways to manage costs while ensuring clinical quality and patient safety. As they confront the cost/quality conundrum, hospital and health system leaders routinely weigh whether to outsource…

Here are eight medical schools that are allowing students to graduate early to join the healthcare workforce amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hospitals and health systems should look at five main areas to ensure they are fully supporting clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an article published in JAMA.

More than 100 physician organizations wrote a letter urging HHS to provide one month of revenue to each physician, nurse practitioner and physician assistant enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid to account for financial hardships brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

As medical schools allow students to become more involved in fighting the COVID-19 surge, the American Medical Association is advising that students be allowed to decide whether they work directly with coronavirus patients.

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing physicians to ration care for patients who do not have COVID-19, Emile Bacha, MD, a New York City-based surgeon wrote in a letter to friends and colleagues, CNN reports.

Physicians are urging Congress to consider a bill to support physicians and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic.