Several physicians have urged the National Academy of Medicine to expel former CDC adviser and disaster medicine specialist Eric K. Noji, MD, from the organization following allegations of plagiarism, according to The New York Times.
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Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic reportedly offered "voluntary separation packages" to at least 400 medical transcriptionists, according to the Post Bulletin.
Although 90 percent of early and mid-career pediatricians are satisfied with their jobs, 52 percent of these physicians said they were stressed about catching up on work at home — one of a number of reported stressors, according to a…
Primary care physicians saw office visits fall 18 percent from 2012 to 2016, according to Health Care Cost Institute data, despite an incline in specialist visits. The New York Times reports new threats from retailer and insurer mega-mergers are pushing…
The Hackensack Meridian Health board of trustees voted to establish a $100 million endowment fund for scholarships for students seeking to attend the Edison, N.J.-based health system's joint medical school, Hackensack Meridian Health Co-CEO Robert Garrett told TapInto.
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The Stony Brook (N.Y.) University School of Medicine will begin accepting students to its accelerated three-year MD program this summer, according to The Statesman.
Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health plans to submit its application to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to re-establish its emergency medicine residency program roughly a year after the program lost its accreditation, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.
While the overall number of physicians in Nebraska has increased 11 percent during the past decade, 13 counties in the state still do not possess any primary care physicians, according to a recent report released by the Omaha-based University of…
Another high-ranking physician announced plans to leave the Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. His departure follows at least 10 prominent individuals who have left the institution to pursue opportunities elsewhere since January 2017.
Forty-seven percent of physicians said they spend less than 1 minute reviewing the CMS-485, which is used to certify Medicare skilled home healthcare care plans and used for interactions between SHHC agencies and physicians, before certification, according to a study…