Cleveland Clinic is incorporating research, education and clinical care for cardiovascular health conditions related to space travel. The Space Health Center was established in the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic, according to an April 29 system news…
Integration & Physician Issues
Dermatology and orthopedics ranked as the most appealing specialties to residents and medical students, according to a Medscape report. “The Race for Relevance: Medscape Most Popular Specialties for Doctors Report 2026” surveyed 5,916 physicians across 29 specialties between Sept. 5…
Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer signed a bill into law May 12 that allows experienced PAs to practice without a formal on-paper agreement with physicians and formally adopts the “physician associates” title. Under the law, PAs with more than 6,000 hours…
Visa renewals are processing again, but health systems and international physicians still have no clear path forward. In late April, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated its website to indicate physicians were no longer subject to a visa processing…
Dawn Zuidgeest-Craft, MD, a nurse practitioner and pediatric educator, graduated with her medical degree at 72 years old, The Washington Post reported May 10. Dr. Zuidgeest-Craft had planned to attend medical school at age 40, but delayed her dream to…
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A lawsuit filed by Eugene, Ore.-based Emergency Physicians against PeaceHealth and Atlanta-based staffing company ApolloMD has put a spotlight on long-standing tensions between corporate medicine and local physician control — and it may set a national precedent. What happened with…
Physicians are leaving clinical practice earlier than ever — and administrative burden, stress and caregiving responsibilities are driving them out, according to research published May 7 in The Permanente Journal. Researchers with the American Medical Association conducted the study, which…
About 58% of physician-scientists are considering leaving academic medicine in the next two years, and 44% are looking at moving abroad, according to a New Haven, Conn.-based Yale School of Medicine survey. The study, published in the preparing server medRxiv,…
After several months of controversy, Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth and Eugene (Ore.) Emergency Physicians have agreed to “reset” the negotiations surrounding a proposed deal to switch the system’s emergency department staffing partnership to Atlanta-based ApolloMD. According to a May 6 PeaceHealth…
Emerging competition in physician credentialing is highlighting long-standing concerns about the cost and time required to maintain board certification, Medscape reported May 6. Here is what to know. 1. Physician board certification has typically involved one of 24 specialty boards…