Policymakers Must Balance Innovation With Patient Safety for AI in Healthcare Emerging technology presents an opportunity to right past wrongs, Senator says during hearing Nov 09, 2023
Senate Committee Advances Bill on Mental Health, PBMs, and 'Ghost Provider' Networks Measure would also lessen the cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in 2024 Nov 08, 2023
Pharmacist Prescribing for BP Control Makes Economic Sense Clinical benefits of pharmacist-prescribed antihypertensives known for years Nov 03, 2023
CDC Launches Initiative to Tackle Burnout in Healthcare Not a "Band-Aid," but a systems approach, says NIOSH program director Nov 03, 2023
Equal Representation of Indigenous Docs Would Take a Century, Study Finds But researchers propose ways to speed up that timeline Nov 02, 2023 video
Most Medical, Nursing Students Don't Plan to Treat Patients, Survey Finds Notably, a quarter of medical students in the U.S. are thinking about quitting their studies Nov 02, 2023
Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Aren't the Only Concern for Safe Staffing Nurses need adequate training and a supportive, safe environment Nov 01, 2023
Fight Physician Burnout With Subsidized Vacations It's a benefit for workers and the public Oct 28, 2023
AI Can Be a Boon to Clinicians -- If Used Correctly, Says AMA President "We can provide things to make it easier for people to practice medicine," says Jesse Ehrenfeld Oct 25, 2023
Burnout, Poor Mental Health on the Rise for Healthcare Workers, CDC Says "To label our current and long-standing challenge a 'crisis' is an understatement" Oct 24, 2023
Breaking Point: Why We Become Activists Three healthcare providers describe what pushed them to speak out Oct 20, 2023 podcast
Nurse Sees Other Side of Unsafe Staffing "The nurse in me fully understood ... the mom in me was terrified" Oct 20, 2023 podcast
From New Pandemic Resident to Union Advocate "There weren't enough people who were healthy and available to come in to work" Oct 20, 2023 podcast
Suzanne Somers Dies; FDA Plans to Ban Hair Relaxers; Health Worker Minimum Wage Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 16, 2023
Wrongful Death Suit Filed After Patient Waited Hours in Emergency Room Lobby Death of 41-year-old mother of three was preventable, husband says Oct 13, 2023
Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Ratios Win Some Hard-Fought Ground But opposition from most hospital groups remains fierce Oct 12, 2023
Have a Story About Private Equity Ownership? The FTC Wants to Hear From You The agency wants to even the healthcare playing field, says FTC chair Lina Khan Oct 12, 2023
Experts on AI Tell Nurses: 'You Need to Embrace This' And no, you will not be replaced by a robot Oct 09, 2023
Moving Forward From Affirmative Action in Medical Schools How will diversity in medicine be affected by Supreme Court ruling? Oct 06, 2023 video
Treating Systemic 'Moral Injury' in Medicine On uniting providers, administrators, and patients to find solutions together Oct 04, 2023 video
Nasal Sprays Recalled; 75,000 Kaiser Workers Strike; Healthcare AI May Run Amok Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 04, 2023
A Promising New Approach to Reducing Burnout and Workforce Depletion Change a "vicious cycle" to a "virtuous cycle," an expert suggests Oct 02, 2023
Primary Care Visits With NPs, PAs on the Rise; C. Diff in the Intensive Care Unit Also in TTHealthWatch: suicide risk among health workers Sep 30, 2023 podcast
Dianne Feinstein Dies; Prison for Alzheimer's Fraudsters; Kaiser Strike Looming Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Sep 29, 2023
Medical Residents Receive 100+ Job Offer Contacts, Survey Shows Even so, some say they wish they had picked a different field Sep 27, 2023
Doctor or DNP: Who Is Really Providing Care? Stronger "title protection" legislation can offer patients greater transparency Sep 27, 2023
FTC Sues Anesthesia Group and Its Private Equity Backers Companies accused of extracting "monopoly profits" while growing "monopoly power" Sep 26, 2023
Higher Suicide Risk in Nurses, Other Health Workers And healthcare work appears more closely tied to increased suicide risk in women than men Sep 26, 2023
What if the Doctor Is Out? Strikes can lead to important changes for interns and residents Sep 23, 2023
'Con Man' Gets Another Top Hospital Job, This Time at Penn Medicine Story points to major gaps in how hospitals check applicants' backgrounds Sep 21, 2023
IG Live September 25: When the Healers Need Healing Instagram live event will shed light on a silent struggle Sep 21, 2023
The Cost of Corporatized Medicine Worse outcomes, increased burnout, and higher costs linked to corporate influence Sep 21, 2023 video
Here Are This Year's Top Schools for an Undergraduate Nursing Degree Duke, University of Pennsylvania shared the No. 1 spot Sep 18, 2023
Rural Hospital Turns to GoFundMe to Stay Afloat "Lives will be lost" if Pennsylvania facility closes, CEO says in crowdfunding campaign Sep 12, 2023
Physician Assistants Also Feel Post-Pandemic Burnout Symptoms had some PAs saying they intended to leave their clinical posts sooner rather than later Sep 11, 2023
How to (Legally) Diversify the Healthcare Workforce Alternative approaches are key following the SCOTUS ruling on race-based admissions Aug 29, 2023
Kaiser Permanente's National Expansion Faces Wide Skepticism Health system is promising better, cheaper care Aug 20, 2023
Questions You Should Be Asking About How Your Physician Group Works Some of the wrath toward CMGs may be misdirected Aug 19, 2023
Medical Residency: Balancing High Stress and Low Compensation Rethinking the current status quo of being overworked and underpaid Aug 19, 2023