Arkansas became the latest state to ban noncompete agreements for physicians in early March. The bill was signed into law by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on March 4 and is expected to take effect in mid-July of this year.…
Integration & Physician Issues
West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Ill., is appealing a decision from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to revoke its residency program accreditation.
It is a difficult time for primary care. Physicians and advanced practice providers are burning out, their care teams are frustrated and their patients are unhappy with long waits and hurried visits.
Medscape recently ranked the best and worst states for physicians to practice in by region.
The potential cost for filling a physician position can top $500,000 when accounting for loss in potential billings and the money needed to recruit to that position, according to a March 4 AMN Healthcare white paper.
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Since 2023, nine states have dropped their residency program requirements for foreign-trained physicians, and more than a dozen other states are considering doing the same, NPR reported March 3.
York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health and Philadelphia-based Temple University's Lewis Katz School of Medicine have entered a formalized agreement to open a second regional campus for the school.
There are countless projections about the worsening U.S. physician shortage, especially as the aging population grows and requires higher acuity care. Lots of attention is paid to supporting the medical student pipeline, but the healthcare industry might be overlooking the…
More than 500 hospitals nationwide have removed questions on physicians' mental health from licensing or credentialing applications, according to the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation.
Physicians have lower mortality rates compared to the general population, but mortality is still higher for women and Black and Hispanic physicians.