David Carrera, former vice president of advancement and health sciences development at Los Angeles-based University of Southern California, left his post in the wake of allegations he sexually harassed several female colleagues. Mr. Carrera was reportedly responsible for raising millions…
Integration & Physician Issues
A lawyer on behalf of Detective Jeff Payne, who was fired Tuesday for forcibly arresting a nurse at Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Hospital in July, said Mr. Payne plans to appeal the "unfair" decision, according to Utah Public…
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education lifted the probation against Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health that restricted the system from re-establishing its emergency medicine residency program, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.
Twelve hospitals across New York City have pledged to get rid of certain machine containing the chemical cesium-137, which could be used to create an explosive made of radiological material called a "dirty bomb."
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education lifted the probation against Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health that restricted the system from re-establishing its emergency medicine residency program, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.
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The success of modern medicine greatly relies on physicians' ability to genuinely listen to patients. However, some physicians believe genuine conversation with patients is no longer realistic given the size of their workload, among other factors.
Dean Ohmart, CFO of Warrensburg-based Western Missouri Medical Center, will wear clothes draped in pink and drive his pink convertible to work every day in October to raise awareness for breast cancer.
During The New Yorker Festival Saturday, Atul Gawande, MD, a surgeon at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital and writer for The New Yorker, spoke about how patients can live longer, healthier lives by maintaining a relationship with their primary…
A recent study by Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic found that 40 percent of physicians would be reluctant to seek help for mental health issues because they fear it would affect the status of their medical license.
Two physicians were named among this year's John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation 2017 MacArthur Fellowship award recipients.