Medical schools across the U.S. are implementing programs to introduce students to healthy, active elders in an effort to ensure medical students have an accurate perception of these patients, according to The New York Times.
Integration & Physician Issues
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education lifted the Saint Louis University School of Medicine's probation status on Oct. 11 after more than a year, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
In the typical hospital, clinical service lines operate autonomously. At best, these service lines are independent operatives. At worst, they are warring factions. The truth is the typical hospital is simply not set up for symbiosis.
Medical residents told the Daily Bruin they only received a fraction of the $5,000 housing stipend that administrators at the Los Angeles-based David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA assured them they would receive.
Managing physician administrative services is a complex process with many moving parts.
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Traditionally, primary care physicians (PCPs) have played an integral role in patient health, with many families maintaining long-lasting relationships with the same PCP throughout their lifetime.
Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health's ongoing partnership negotiations with Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, also in Dayton, have reportedly heated up in recent weeks, according to the Dayton Daily News.
The MacArthur Foundation announced the names of the 25 individuals selected to receive the MacArthur Fellowship, commonly referred to as the MacArthur "genius" grant, Oct. 4.
Physicians tend to be healthier than the general population – they smoke less, eat better, exercise more, are less likely to be obese and report fewer chronic health conditions.
Physician practices are increasingly burdened with regulations that have taken time away from patients in the last year, a Medical Group Management Association survey found.