Stanford Medicine Children's Health in Palo Alto, Calif., has been named a Rare Disease Center of Excellence by the National Organization for Rare Disorders, according to a May 11 news release.
Integration & Physician Issues
Iowa will no longer require that a physician assistant be supervised by a physician to practice medicine.
An analysis of more than 198,000 tweets from emergency medicine physicians found an increase in language around anxiety, stress and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A South Carolina physician who built a nationwide practice prescribing ketamine to patients with mental illnesses was shut down by the Drug Enforcement Administration, The Washington Post reported May 10.
An American Medical Association analysis found 31.2 percent of physicians in 2022 reported they had previously been sued.
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Lacking proper regulation, artificial intelligence poses a threat to human health, a group of physicians and public health experts warned in an analysis published May 9 in BMJ Global Health.
Jacksonville, N.C.-based Brynn Marr Hospital is under CMS scrutiny after failing to provide a safe and therapeutic environment for behavioral health patients, North Carolina Health News reported May 10.
A shooting at Richmond, Va.-based VCU Medical Center North Hospital resulted in one man killed and another taken into custody.
Part-time work is on the rise for physicians across the country, Medscape reported May 9.
The American Hospital Association is calling on Congress to increase funding in several key areas to strengthen U.S. healthcare.