Integration & Physician Issues

Students are reporting several positive changes in their medical school experience this year, an Oct. 24 Medscape report found. “The Unique Culture of Medical School” report surveyed 500 students in American and Caribbean medical schools between April 2 and June…

Physician productivity has been measured with relative value units for decades, serving as the primary metric for determining physicians’ compensation, creating benchmark standards and more. But as healthcare shifts towards value-based care metrics, the role of RVUs has begun to…

Doctor of Philosophy programs are constricting across the U.S. as the federal government slashes institutional research funding, Nature reported Oct. 21.  The last seven months have seen sweeping changes in federal research funding, with the Trump administration freezing billions of…

Several new medical schools are opening across the U.S., reflecting continued efforts to address physician shortages, expand access to training and meet local workforce needs. Below are eight new medical schools that opened or were announced this year. Note: This…

Sanford Health, a 46-hospital system based in Sioux Falls, S.D., said it saves $27 million annually through physician retention efforts, according to an Oct. 21 post from the American Medical Association.  The system runs multiple initiatives aimed at improving well-being,…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System will end its on-call labor and delivery physician services at Allina Health’s Owatonna (Minn.) Hospital on Nov. 17, MPR News reported Oct. 20. Under a joint operating agreement, Mayo operates the Owatonna Clinic while…

Primary care physicians at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham spend more than 61 hours weekly caring for a full patient panel, according to a study published Oct. 21 in Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers analyzed EHR and administrative data for…

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is working to streamline the physician onboarding process to ensure newly hired clinicians feel prepared, connected and supported from day one.  Over the past two years, Sutter has hired 2,000 clinicians as part of a broader…

The American Medical Association launched its Center for Digital Health and AI to ensure physicians are at the center of shaping, guiding and implementing technologies. The center will embed physicians throughout the lifecycle of technology development and deployment to ensure…

The federal government shutdown is exerting significant financial strain on the nation’s 44 osteopathic medical schools as the impasse approaches its fourth week, MedPage reported Oct. 17.  The budget-driven shutdown, which began Oct. 1, is the third-longest federal shutdown so…