Integration & Physician Issues

In 2023, there have been three notable votes of no confidence from nurses and healthcare workers in hospitals, CEOs or health system employers.

The Texas Medical Board has filed a complaint against otolaryngologist Mary Talley Bowden, MD, alleging unprofessional conduct and violations of standard of care. 

The University Hospitals police department is investigating an armed robbery that took place in a public restroom at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center June 12, hospital spokesperson George Stamatis said in a statement shared with Becker's.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals and health systems turned to locum tenens physicians and advanced practitioners to help meet the increased demand for patient care.

Anticompetitive consolidation and underinvestment in primary care are hurting public health, Shawn Martin, the executive vice president and chief executive officer for the American Academy of Family Physicians said in a June 8 statement to the Senate Committee on Finance.

Medical schools and residency programs need to train future physicians how to treat substance use disorder, according to a June 13 opinion piece written for The Washington Post.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health is using an artificial intelligence model that can predict the chances of a patient's death and readmission.

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System formed a multidisciplinary team to promote safety and de-escalation after recording 648 instances of workplace violence in 2021. Since creating the team, violence in the system's emergency departments has decreased 60 percent. 

An immediate jeopardy designation by CMS represents "the most severe and egregious threat to the health and safety of recipients, as well as carries the most serious sanctions" — but, even if a hospital is cited for such an event…

A Michigan pulmonary and sleep physician died June 3 after being hit by a vehicle, MLive reported June 5.