Integration & Physician Issues

Opioid prescribing is the most frequently cited regulatory issue state medical boards are watching in 2018, according to a Federation of State Medical Boards survey released Jan. 17.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems honored Colin Banas, MD, with the 2018 HIMSS-AMDIS Physician Executive Leader of the Year Award, the organizations announced Jan. 18.

A physician and Hollywood medical consultant was reportedly under investigation for sexual harassment while working on the set for the ABC television show "Code Black," Variety reports.

Bronson Healthcare, a four-hospital system in Kalamazoo, Mich., is advocating for the release of one of its physicians, who was detained and jailed by federal immigration officials last week, M Live reports.

Shafi Ahmed, MD, a U.K. colorectal surgeon affiliated with The Royal London Hospital and St. Bartholomew's Hospital, also in London, claims the photo-sharing app Snapchat and other types of digital technology and social media are poised to disrupt medical education…

Prosecutors on Monday brought additional charges against a German nurse already serving a life sentence for murdering two patients, claiming he killed at least 97 other patients with lethal injections, Reuters reports.

Dean McKenzie, MD, chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Children's Hospital of Atlanta, walked one mile through snow and ice to ensure his patients received proper care after winter weather shut down numerous roads in the city Thursday, reports Fox Carolina.

A 31-year-old patient threatened to harm himself with a knife and made demands of staff at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill., Saturday, according to the Chicago Tribune.

A 73-year-old Harvard neurologist is channeling his love for medicine onto film with the screening of his first feature film, "Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game," Jan. 28, according to the telegram.com.

Stefano Bertozzi, MD, PhD, dean of the UC Berkeley (Calif.) School of Public Health, revealed plans to step down from the position after five years, effective July 1, according to The Daily Californian.