Physician Burnout Tied to Job Disengagement, Worse Care "It's really important to consider both factors in tandem," says lead author of meta-analysis Sep 15, 2022
Violence Against Nurses Worse Than Ever, Analysis Finds Over 3 months in 2022, two nurses were assaulted every hour, on average Sep 13, 2022
Who Needs a 'Recovering' Shrink Now? My past should no longer be a burden but an advantage Sep 13, 2022
Terror, Joy, Triumph: Learning Resilience as a Pediatric Neurosurgeon Jay Wellons, MD, reflects on his journey and challenges as a pediatric neurosurgeon Sep 13, 2022 podcast
Whole-Person Care Can Make Us Better Healers Illness is sometimes more than what's on the surface Sep 10, 2022
Health System Warns Exemptions to COVID Vaccines May Expire With New Options Holdouts who used religious exemptions to avoid vaccination can get Novavax now Sep 09, 2022
Physician Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Prescribing Anti-Anxiety Drug The osteopathic doctor pleaded guilty to prescribing Xanax to people who were not his patients Sep 09, 2022
Here's How a Court Ruling in North Carolina Could Affect Liability for Nurses Nurses in the state can now be held liable for patient harm even when following doctors' orders Sep 08, 2022
Fired NP Sues CVS; $77M Wrongful Death Award; Fertility Doc's Fraud Payout Reduced A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Sep 08, 2022
Medical Meetings and COVID: Is Virtual Just as Risky as In-Person? At a masked meeting during Omicron, the odds of catching virus were similar in either scenario Sep 07, 2022
Medical Education Has 'Gone Woke' -- That's a Good Thing New AAMC guidelines on diversity and equity are a much-needed addition to medical education Sep 06, 2022
Optum Acquires Houston-Based Physician Group for $2 Billion Optum's network reported to make up over 5% of all U.S. physicians Sep 02, 2022
Chiropractor Gets 4 Years; UTMB Departure Stuns Colleagues; Twitter Misinfo Fail This past week in healthcare investigations Aug 31, 2022
AAP Sets Ground Rules for Preventing Child Abuse in Healthcare Recommendation calls for screening clinicians for child abuse history, teaching boundaries Aug 30, 2022
Bill Aimed at Disciplining Docs for COVID Misinfo Approved by California Legislature If the bill is signed into law, the state would be the first to take such an action Aug 30, 2022
Finding Humanity and Meaning in Medicine Physician-engineer Bryant Lin, MD, on finding a human connection Aug 30, 2022 podcast
ESC Leaders See Hybrid Meetings as the Future The society is also actively looking eastward for future meetings Aug 26, 2022
Mechanic-Turned-Doctor: It's Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams After 25 years in auto repair, Carl Allamby, MD, just became an attending at Cleveland Clinic Aug 25, 2022
Challenges (and Rewards) of Being a Rural Doctor Janet Tamaren, MD, shares her experience working as a physician in Kentucky Aug 23, 2022
A Week of Spending for a Pharmacy Resident in Richmond Making $47.5K Splurging and "ignorant bliss" might mean a budget is in store for this 27-year-old Aug 23, 2022
Many Medical Schools Lack Safeguards to Address, Prevent Faculty Bullying Study finds that only four top schools had protocols to report bullying Aug 23, 2022
From the Edge of Death: A Doctor's Journey Rana Awdish, MD, on her life-changing crisis and seeing the humanity in medicine Aug 23, 2022 podcast
Neurosurgeon Rehired After Allegations of 'Ghost Surgeries' Anil Nanda, MD, also accused of being dishonest about former position during hiring process Aug 18, 2022
Petition to Cut Leana Wen as APHA Speaker Faces Backlash Organization said it stands firmly behind decision to include Wen in meeting lineup Aug 18, 2022
Unnecessary Outpatient Antibiotic Use Endangers Kids Health systems and payers can protect patients by encouraging responsible prescribing Aug 17, 2022
Boston Children's Hospital Threatened Over Kids' Transgender Healthcare False claims about genital surgeries spark threatening messages to hospital staff Aug 17, 2022
Hospital, Contractor Battle Over Anesthesiology Staff Firm's alleged understaffing led hospital to "poach" its clinicians, lawsuits charge Aug 16, 2022
Are Patients Safe Enough in Hospitals? Harlan Krumholz, MD, on why recent improvements in patient safety still aren't good enough Aug 12, 2022 video
Primary Care Docs Need 27 Hours a Day to Do Their Best Work Simulation study authors say that's "infeasible" and call for team-based care Aug 10, 2022
We're Reacting to Medical Errors the Wrong Way They're systemic problems, not individual Aug 09, 2022
Workers Strike at Medicare, ACA Call Centers Customer service reps at federal contractor say sick time, break policies need to change Aug 09, 2022
Questions About Monkeypox? Duke Experts Offer Answers Testing, up-to-date vax, and fact-based messaging can help manage this public health emergency Aug 09, 2022