Female physicians saw a 6.4% raise in compensation last year, narrowing the gender pay gap, a Medscape report found.
Integration & Physician Issues
America's physician shortage is on the rise, affecting recruitment and retention, according to one new study.
Amid rising violence against healthcare workers — and after a nurse of its own was attacked — Rhode Island Hospital in Providence has launched a campaign to promote safety.
The American College of Surgeons appointed Henri Ford, MD, as its 2023-2024 president.
Growing up in Indonesia, Edmond de Bie often faced confrontations from other boys seeking fights, whereas his cantankerous identical twin brother Edward would carry magazines under his jacket to cushion the blows, usually coming at his own instigation.
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The Connecticut Hospital Association has adopted a code of conduct policy for patients and families, which will apply to 27 hospitals in the state as well as other healthcare settings.
A physician is suing Henry Ford Health in Detroit for age discrimination, casting a spotlight on an ongoing debate that strikes at the heart of patient safety and medical professionalism: age-based cognitive assessments for physicians.
While unexpected hospital readmissions for pediatric patients have remained largely unchanged in Massachusetts since 2017, the length of stay from these readmissions is going up.
New survey findings indicate racial and ethnic minority medical students are more likely to say they plan on practicing in medically underserved areas upon graduation.
Primary care had the largest increase in reported median wRVU (work relative value units) productivity from 2022 to 2023, driven by the 2021 physician fee schedule changes to evaluation and management wRVU values, according to one new survey.