Lewiston, Idaho-based Lewis-Clark State College and Boise-based Idaho State University partnered to expand physician assistant training across the state.
Integration & Physician Issues
Cancer care centers begin and end with their patients, and they should not move so fast they forget the service side of things, Ken Chaij, executive director of the oncology service line at Kettering (Ohio) Health, told Becker's.
Medscape's 2023 report on physician retirement found most said they expected or hoped to retire from medicine by their mid-or late 60s. Still, there were variations among genders and ages.
Leaders at high-volume emergency departments are finding new ways to eliminate care gaps while reducing unnecessary visits.
The FDA and American Academy of Pediatrics have greenlit the weight loss drug Wegovy for adolescents, but pediatricians are still hesitant to prescribe the medication, The New York Times reported Dec. 11.
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Cardiac surgery has the highest average charges of 25 specialties, a Definitive Healthcare analysis found.
Patients were evacuated and several transported to other hospitals after a car fire broke out in a parking garage at Mass General Waltham (Mass.), ABC affiliate WCVB reported Dec. 11.
2023 saw a record number of physicians and medical specialists who were certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties — 988,737, according to a Dec. 11 news release.
The Minnesota State Legislature has formed a task force to address staff shortages and long emergency service wait times after a new report found that many young entrants to the field are leaving the profession at a time when demand…
A new analysis of California data found hundreds of deceased patients were incorrectly listed as alive in electronic health records, leading to an abundance of unnecessary outreach efforts.