Many female surgical residents are forgoing maternity leave following pregnancy — against the advice of their own physicians — in an effort to complete their residency programs within a relatively normal timeframe, Bloomberg reports.
Integration & Physician Issues
5 Florida Hospital physicians describe status of Puerto Rico's health system 2 weeks after hurricane
Five Orlando-based Florida Hospital physicians returned from a two-week trip to Puerto Rico to help physicians care for residents on the island, which was devastated by Hurricane Maria nearly three weeks ago, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
At least 160 medical personnel from New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System are among the first U.S. healthcare professionals to take part in an "audio-based artwork" to understand what it feels like to have a brain injury and be…
Oregon healthcare providers can electronically find patients' end-of-life wishes by simply clicking in the state's Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment registry, according to Kaiser Health News report.
Two medical residents at Las Vegas-based University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine's primary teaching hospital, were called in to treat patients injured during the Oct. 1 shooting that killed 50-plus people…
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More than 8,000 people have signed a Change.org petition to reinstate Anil Nanda, MD, to his position as chairman of the department of neurosurgery at LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, according to The Times.
While 9 in 10 patients believe the patient-physician relationship is the most essential component of high-quality healthcare, just 1 in 10 patients feel they get enough face time with their physicians, according to a survey commissioned by The Physicians Foundation.
Los Angeles-based Keck School of Medicine at USC administrators and students spoke out against university leaders and their hiring process after former dean Rohit Varma, MD, resigned Oct. 5 following reports he allegedly sexually harassed a medical researcher at the…
CMS completed its first analysis to determine which physicians qualify under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act's Advanced Alternative Payment Model and published the results in a searchable database.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, a federal group tasked to advise Congress on Medicare, has reached a near-unanimous consensus that the Merit-based Incentive Payment System created by the bipartisan Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act should be repealed and replaced,…