Integration & Physician Issues

The former president of SUNY Upstate Medical University pleaded guilty Sept. 24 to abusing his leadership role by illegally padding his annual salary, according to the timesunion.

The America-Japan Society named Jeannette South-Paul, MD, as the recipient of the second annual Kentaro Kaneko Award.

The Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., stripped a cardiologist of his endowed chair position Sept. 21, less than two months after he was awarded the honor, according to the Yale Daily News.

Specifically in healthcare, providers' clothing signifies everything from authority to cleanliness to patients and other staff members. The white laboratory coat, in particular, is most commonly associated with physicians and surgeons. But does a physician's attire — both the coat…

The use of medical scribes to track physician-patient encounters in real time for primary care visits was linked to significant reductions in EHR documentation time and improvements in physician productivity and job satisfaction, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine…

A law signed by Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown Sept. 19 requires California physicians put on probation for sexual misconduct, among other behaviors, to disclose that information to their patients, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.

The 51-year-old woman and visiting Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine professor who accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee of Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault revealed her identity in an interview with The Washington Post Sept. 16.

Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., revealed plans to construct a new health sciences campus to replace its existing infrastructure in Phoenix for roughly $100 million.

Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health revealed its request to restart its emergency medicine residency program was denied by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.

More than 1,000 faculty members, medical trainees, students and alumni submitted a petition to Yale University's president Sept. 13 questioning the institution's decision to award a leading cardiologist a leadership position despite his having been found guilty of sexually harassing…