The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has proposed major revisions to the Common Program Requirements that govern U.S. residency training, including a reduction in the guaranteed rest period after a 24-hour call shift. The draft was posted for public…
Integration & Physician Issues
Oroville (Calif.) Hospital said Oct. 19 its board has voted to withdraw an application for an internal medicine residency program as it “navigates the Chapter 11 process.” Oroville Hospital filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December, less than a…
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education has granted preliminary accreditation to two new medical schools, one in New Orleans and one in Provo, Utah. Both can now recruit their first classes, which will start in summer 2027. Here is where…
Dual-trained physicians are rare, but they add valuable insight for patient care and system operations, Mohammed Imran Aslam, MD, director of acute mechanical circulatory support and director of Robert Kung Interventional Heart Failure Clinical and Research Fellowship Program at Boston-based…
CMS established a new physician nutrition specialist specialty code, effective Oct. 1, to make these rare specialists easier to identify. Who physician nutrition specialists are A physician nutrition specialist has expertise in clinical nutrition and applies evidence-based medicine to clinical…
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Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine is teaming up with OpenEvidence, a popular AI-powered clinical reference app, to redesign how physicians are trained and how evidence reaches the bedside. OpenEvidence is one of the fastest-growing tools in American medicine, with more than…
Hospital and health system leaders are grappling with the balance between keeping patients safe and what to do when aging physicians continue to practice amid declining abilities, The Washington Post reported Oct. 12. Nearly 47% of the active physician workforce…
As health systems push deeper into the ambulatory setting, many are assembling medical groups at a scale and speed that tempts leaders to run everything from headquarters. Sean Tedjarati, MD, sees it differently. As executive vice president, chief physician ambulatory…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is rethinking how to train the next generation of physicians in the age of AI, David Battinelli, MD, executive vice president and physician-in-chief at Northwell, and dean of the Donald and Barbara Zucker School…
Eighteen states now generally ban or void noncompete agreements for physicians, according to a September 2026 state-by-state guide from law firm Tucker Arensberg. The firm sorts the rest into three groups. Ten states and Washington, D.C., allow physician noncompetes with…