Integration & Physician Issues

Counties that lack a cardiologist also have fewer primary care physicians, The Washington Post reported July 29.

The University of Colorado School of Medicine is adopting a new approach to training doctors, The Denver Post reported. Rather than brief stints in each specialty exclusively — the common practice in the U.S. — its students concurrently train in…

Nearly 1 in 5 physicians experienced post-traumatic stress disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic — more than three times higher than the general population, a recent study found.

New Mexico launched a "free to practice" campaign to attract more physicians to the state, Santa Fe New Mexican reported July 22.

Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health and Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare finalized their merger agreement and launched a combined system in January.

U.S. hospitals need to do more to leverage the skill sets of international medical graduates and incorporate them into the U.S. health systems, particularly amid ongoing physician shortages, a commentary, published July 15 in JAMA Network, urges

While many hospitals and health systems have shared plans for or launched physician residency programs this year, Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Fla. is celebrating its pediatric residency program's fifth year in operation.

Physician burnout has dipped under 50% for the first time in four years, but physician association leaders said workplace conditions remain the same, The Hill reported July 18.

Burnout among new physicians has fallen more than burnout for physicians of more experience, a recent American Medical Association report found.

Sizable donations to medical schools that enable universities to waive tuition fees may widen the aperture of students' specialty considerations, given they will not have hundreds of thousands of dollars in loan debt as a factor in their decisions.