The American Revolution sparked a growing interest in medicine. However, the reported lack of legal cadavers led some New York City medical students to exhume the bodies of deceased individuals for research purposes, according to New York Times contributor Keith…
Integration & Physician Issues
The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health is considering removing the name of Thomas Parran Jr., MD, from one of its buildings following public outcry over Dr. Parran's role in two syphilis research projects in the 1930s and…
Orlando (Fla.) Health published a free reference guide April 27 documenting the staff's experience during and after the June 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, during which 49 people were killed and 53 were wounded, according the Orlando Sentinel.
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center sent a letter to 2,100 neurology patients April 30 apologizing for an earlier letter this month that advised them to seek alternative care options, the medical center announced April 30.
A Cuyahoga County (Ohio) jury awarded a 77-year-old former Cleveland Clinic physician more than $28 million April 27 following his claims the institution fired him because of his age, according to cleveland.com.
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Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health said April 25 it will grant the request of a group of physicians looking to separate and end their employment agreements with the health system Sept. 1, according to The Charlotte Observer.
Ten of the top medical institutions in the U.S., including Boston-based Harvard Medical School and the New Haven, Conn.-based Yale School of Medicine, do not employ faculty and staff representative of the nation's black, Latino and Native American populations, according…
Strong physician engagement benefits a hospital or health system's quality of care and financial performance. However, few healthcare executives fully understand how to obtain and sustain physician engagement.
Patient adherence is an ongoing challenge. There are so many medication options and response rates, it can be hard for a provider and patient to agree on the best course of action, let alone follow it.
Fresenius Medical Care, a division of Bad Homburg, Germany-based Fresenius SE, sold its majority share April 21 in Sound Inpatient Physician Holdings, a Tacoma, Wash.-based acute care services organization, for $2.15 billion. Fresenius divested its shares to an investment consortium…