Integration & Physician Issues

As the state's largest wildfire in history bore down on Paradise, Calif., physicians, nurses and other Paradise-based Adventist Health Feather River medical professionals began evacuating patients. However, one physician was forced to use his medical expertise after leaving the facility,…

Prominent health systems in Ohio are prohibiting staff physicians from prescribing medical marijuana, according to cleveland.com.

The University of Louisville (Ky.) is making contingency plans to move several medical programs out of Louisville-based Jewish Hospital amid uncertainty about the hospital's future ownership, according to a WDRB news report.

Healogics Inc., the nation's largest provider of advanced wound care services, today announced their support of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Compendium Diagnosis and Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Complications through an unrestricted educational grant1.

Three months after announcing plans to offer full-tuition scholarships to all medical school students, New York City-based New York University revealed plans to establish a medical school on its Mineola, N.Y.-based NYU Winthrop campus, Crain's New York Business reports.

Healthcare professionals nationwide are sharing photos and messages on Twitter about their own experiences with gun violence in response to a controversial tweet from the National Rifle Association.

Columbus-based Central Ohio Primary Care is the nation's largest independent primary care physician group and an industry leader in physician engagement.

A group of medical personnel and volunteers opened a medical triage unit and shelter for refugees from the deadliest wildfire in California history, according to The Sacramento Bee.

Even before graduation, many future physicians have a number hanging over their heads that influences their chosen specialty: debt accrued throughout their medical education, the American Medical Association stated in a Nov. 12 blog post.

Former Boston-based Harvard Medical School Dean Jeffrey Flier, MD, waded into the debate over faculty candidate diversity statements this past weekend, calling the requirement "an affront to academic freedom," according to Inside Higher Ed.