Integration & Physician Issues

Some of the nation’s largest health systems are recruiting leaders to oversee physician engagement, and quality and safety strategy. Franklin, Tenn.-based CHS is hiring a systemwide chief medical officer, while St. Louis-based Ascension and Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare are hiring…

Hospitals are urging Colorado lawmakers to reconsider a proposal to cut about $50 million from a state program that helps teaching hospitals cover indirect costs associated with training resident physicians. The proposal would reduce funding for Colorado’s Medicaid indirect medical…

Kankakee, Ill.-based Riverside Healthcare is opening an obstetric hospitalist program. The new program is designed to improve patient safety and provide better work-life balance for community physicians, who the hospital previously relied on being on call for its OB needs,…

Although some resident physicians experience more stress the more hours they work per week, a recent study found no significant association between burnout and weekly average hours worked in their programs.  In a clinical trial that assessed well-being interventions among…

Fifty-three U.S. medical schools have agreed to increase educational training on nutrition for students under a deal with the Trump administration, federal officials announced March 5. During a press event held at HHS’ main office in Washington, D.C., federal officials…

Mercy Health-Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky., pays pre-medicine college students to shadow its physicians and advanced practice clinicians as part of its future physicians program. The program offers seven rotations in the medical department, four rotations in the surgery department…

The American College of Surgeons has devised the nation’s first framework outlining workplace standards for surgeons, it said in a March 4 news release. The framework provides measurable standards that can be customized by surgical specialty and are designed to…

Less than 1% of physician residents or fellows are dismissed from their training programs, but there are trends in dismissals related to gender, race and specialty, according to a Feb. 26 article on the American Medical Association website. There are…

Mark Cuban made the case for free medical school at the American Medical Association’s National Advocacy Conference on Feb. 25, arguing that eliminating tuition would expand the physician talent pipeline and help address shortages in underserved areas, MedPage Today reported.…

Loma Linda (Calif.) University School of Medicine in Loma Linda, Calif., has established a regional campus partnership with Kettering (Ohio) Health. The state of Ohio formally recognized the health system as a regional campus of the medical school in January.…