A recent study found 30 percent of certified physician assistants reported at least one symptom of burnout, and almost 8 percent said they intended to leave their position in the next year.
Integration & Physician Issues
Proposed Medicare cuts for physicians are both "unsustainable and unconscionable," the American Medical Association said in a Sept. 11 news release.
Some hospitals are tightening security measures because of an increase of violence against their workers, including St. Charles Health System, a four-hospital system headquartered in Bend, Ore., according to The Bulletin.
Hershey, Pa., was once a one-party town. Like other communities in the country, the leftward change to its voter composition has coincided with the growth of the health system headquartered there, according to Politico.
A Mayo Clinic survey found 25 percent of physicians experience "imposter syndrome," and leaders are not immune to the feeling.
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Although the number of internal medicine residents planning a general internal medicine career is about half of what it was 10 years ago, hospital medicine career plans increased by about 20 percent, according to a research letter published Aug. 28…
Collaboration is a common buzzword in healthcare, and some leaders worry it can be merely a vague concept. But collaboration can yield results when combined with focus.
The Colorado state medical board is allowing a physician convicted of reckless manslaughter to continue practicing medicine, CBS News reported Aug. 31.
A study found a 26.9 percent increase in diagnostic imaging interpretation done by nurse practitioners and physician assistants between 2016 and 2020.
The rate of physicians personally witnessing or experiencing misbehavior from another physician fell from 62 percent to 55 percent, Medscape reported Aug. 30.