Women now make up 50.2% of osteopathic primary care physicians, the first majority in American Osteopathic Association records. Less than a decade ago, women held 46.3% of DO primary care roles, according to the AOA’s 2026 Osteopathic Medical Profession Report.…
Integration & Physician Issues
Six physician medical groups are speaking out after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. described AI as offering “a second opinion that is much better informed than any doctor in the country,” and has the power to “free us from…
The number of first-year students at U.S. medical schools that grant MD degrees rose 36.8% from the 2005-06 academic year to 2025-26, but fewer are staying in their home state. Over the same period, the share of those students who…
Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health is responding to scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Labor’s inspector general over its hiring of foreign-trained resident physicians. In a Sept. 27 post on X, Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito asked the system how many residency…
Just 2.3% of the 2026 medical school graduates who applied to residency said they would prefer to practice in rural areas, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. The AAMC released the data Sept. 24. It follows the class…
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Mount Pleasant-based Central Michigan University broke ground on its $180 million medical education building in Saginaw, WNEM reported Sept. 22. The MyMichigan Health CMU Medical Education Building will be the new home of all medical students at the university. It…
Preventive medicine is the specialty with the highest lifestyle balance, while neurosurgery is the lowest, according to a Marit Health report. Marit analyzed more than 24,400 anonymous salary and schedule surveys from full-time physicians to create the Lifestyle Balance Index.…
Adult medical specialties posted the largest increase in median work relative value unit productivity from 2025 to 2026, the second consecutive year the category has led on productivity growth, according to a survey from SullivanCotter. The Chicago-based consulting firm released…
The typical healthcare organization managed 100 physician and provider searches in 2025, down from a peak of 115 in 2023, according to the Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment’s annual benchmarking report. The report, released Sept. 16, draws on…
On Sept. 14, a bipartisan resolution was introduced that aims to create a National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. The resolution was sponsored by five representatives, according to a Sept. 15 American Hospital Association news release. If passed, it would recognize…