The Supreme Court on June 29 ruled that U.S. colleges and universities cannot consider race as a factor for admissions in a pair of decisions industry leaders say could hinder efforts to create a more diverse healthcare workforce.
Integration & Physician Issues
Here are the latest employment numbers of nurse practitioners, physician assistants, registered nurses and physicians who are not anesthesiologists, cardiologists, dermatologists, emergency medicine physicians, family medicine physicians, general internal medicine physicians, neurologists, obstetricians and gynecologists, or pathologists.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Alliance of Minority Physicians received a grant to expand its diversity program.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a law April 6, allowing international medical graduates to bypass U.S. residency training and enter into practice as a licensed physician. Now, nearly one year out from when the law will go into full effect,…
Before the pandemic, around 23 percent of physicians reported experiencing targeted harassment, but new research published June 14 in JAMA from Northwestern University in Chicago, found post-COVID that number has grown to nearly 66 percent of physicians.
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Some view artificial intelligence as a threat to job security and quality care, but Stuart Schnitt, MD, pathologist and chief of breast oncologic pathology at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, sees AI as the tool that can lead to better…
Hospital culture can prevent unnecessary medical errors, yet most hospitals are slow to adopt a framework that prevents adverse events, Christine Schuster, RN, president and CEO of Concord, Mass.-based Emerson Health, wrote in an opinion piece published June 25 on…
Healthcare leaders have attributed physician burnout and frustration to increased paperwork burden, prior authorization, work-life balance, loss of autonomy, lack of community support and a lack of trust. While many physicians are leaving the profession, leaders are working to bring…
Medical malpractice cases may soon begin to emerge spurred by the denial of abortion care particularly for women who face life-threatening pregnancies, KFF Health News reported June 23.
The sources of physicians' frustration the last few years have been numerous, from administrative burdens to strained relationships with patients to dwindling autonomy.