New Orleans, La.-based Ochsner Health is not immune to the workforce shortage, but has created its own approach to triage the issue, according to the American Medical Association.
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Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., will open a health college in August 2025. It will initially offer two nursing degrees to students, with plans for other health disciplines to be added over time, according to a March 11 announcement shared…
More pulmonary medicine physicians report having happier marriages than any other specialty, according to a Medscape report.
Nearly 20% of people in the U.S. receive health insurance through the Medicare program, but changes in physician fee schedules have made it more difficult for providers to stay in practice, according to a March 6 report from KFF.
Most of the top paying metropolitan areas for physician specialties are located in the East or Midwest, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Amid a nationwide shortage of physicians, contractual noncompete clauses are making it more challenging for patients to receive the care they need, particularly in more rural regions, and physicians are pushing back, NBC News reported March 3.
No one owns the title "doctor," according to Shakeel Ahmed, MD, CEO of St. Louis-based ASC group Atlas Surgical Group.
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and Orlando-based University of Central Florida have added a reproductive endocrinology and infertility fellowship at HCA Florida Osceola Hospital in Kissimmee.
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System announced March 1 that it will not reopen its clinic in Janesville, Minn.
Hospitals in Arizona, Florida, Kansas and Oklahoma run by the Department of Veterans Affairs are among the system's most at-risk facilities that are jeopardized by increasing climate threats, according to a report published by the VA and obtained by Inside…