Nurse Survey Signals Improvements, Though Retention Still a Problem Efforts to "recruit more nurses are akin to fueling a car with a leaking gas tank," one RN says Jul 19, 2024
How Unionization Changed Surgery Residency Programs Residents, program faculty, and staff discussed benefits and unintended consequences Jul 17, 2024
Devaluing Our Residents Is Not Without Consequences Let's take better care of our young medical workforce Jul 15, 2024
More Physicians at Washington Hospitals File to Unionize The group was motivated by recent efforts of other physicians nearby Jul 11, 2024
Doctors Work to Clarify New Audiology Scope-of-Practice Law in Maryland Concern centers around provision allowing audiologists to perform "health screenings" Jul 10, 2024
These Six Ƶ Have the Highest Rates of Burnout Annual AMA survey shows declines for all specialties, but many still above 50% Jul 10, 2024
The Early Days of the AIDS Crisis Felt Like 'Putting Band-Aids on a Hemorrhage' An adapted excerpt from Anthony Fauci's new book, On Call Jul 06, 2024
Access to Pediatric Care Is Rapidly Eroding The health of future generations is at stake Jul 02, 2024
Nurse Anesthetists Fire Back at Scope-of-Practice Citations CRNAs in California argue "Immediate Jeopardy" citations have it wrong Jul 01, 2024
Louisiana Limits Scope of Noncompetes for Physicians New legal restrictions go into effect for all physician contracts starting in January Jul 01, 2024
Why Is Doctor Pay Decreasing and What Can We Do About It? It's time to take back control of our profession Jul 01, 2024
Medical Students Are Learning to Treat Others, but Who Is Caring for Them? A call to normalize self-care in medicine Jun 29, 2024
ChatGPT Nails Oncology Exam; Amazon's ChatGPT Competitor; AI in Rural Health A monthly roundup of healthcare-focused AI news and research Jun 27, 2024
Report: Healthcare Needs to Diversify Workforce to Get Rid of Racial Inequalities "Inequities are baked into our healthcare system," says one expert Jun 26, 2024
Surgeon Ousted for Speaking Up; Steward Corruption in Malta? Misleading Clinic Names This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 26, 2024
The Power of 'Enough-ness' in Medicine How the principles of "Dayenu" apply in everyday practice Jun 25, 2024
Choosing a Primary Care Specialty Should Be Lauded, Not Discouraged Showing skepticism about this career choice won't solve our physician shortage Jun 21, 2024
AI Just Permanently Changed My Medical Practice — for the Better An app helped free up my time by assisting with medical charting in a big way Jun 20, 2024
Nurses in Oregon Take to the Picket Lines to Demand Better Staffing, Higher Pay Thousands spent second day striking Jun 20, 2024
Health System Eliminates Noncompetes for Primary Care Physicians Policy change follows new rules from state and federal players Jun 17, 2024
Funding Instability Plagues Program That Brings Docs to Underserved Areas Unlike funds for Medicare graduate medical education, funding must be appropriated by Congress Jun 16, 2024
Inside the Struggle to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academic Medicine DEI leaders need more tools and authority, qualitative study suggests Jun 14, 2024
AMA's House of Delegates Says Yes to Drug Decriminalization "We need to move to something different ... something that actually works," one member said Jun 12, 2024
AMA Recommends USMLE Step 3 Transition to Pass/Fail Members also tussled over whether to leverage unmatched physician graduates to fight shortages Jun 12, 2024
Hospital Stops PAs From Performing Invasive Procedures Move follows a pause of its open heart surgery program after immediate jeopardy citation Jun 12, 2024
Are We Ready for AI-Assisted Surgery? Some may be reluctant to let this technology into the training and treatment settings Jun 10, 2024
Health Worker for a Nonprofit? The New Ban on Noncompete Contracts May Not Help You New rule may not protect the largest number of medical professionals Jun 09, 2024
Concierge Medicine: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Innovative care models should be a tool to enhance quality and equity, not further diminish it Jun 07, 2024
Physician's Contract Ordeal Reveals Flaws in Corporate Practice of Medicine Laws "Not a single physician leader" could assist in contract negotiations Jun 04, 2024
Fast-Food Medicine: EDs Desperately Need a New Model of Care The current system lacks both affordability and efficiency Jun 02, 2024
Where Are All the Male Nurses? Gender stereotypes may be exacerbating the nursing shortage Jun 01, 2024
Urologists Flee Mission Health Specialists mark the latest departures following HCA takeover May 31, 2024
Washington State Hospitalists Set to Unionize First physician union to earn joint-employer status May 30, 2024
Second, Third Groups From CVS Vote to Join National Pharmacy Union After Las Vegas contingent, pharmacists in CVS' home state have won their elections May 28, 2024
More Money, Fewer Prior Auths Needed to Save Private Practices, Lawmakers Told Medicare rates' failure to keep up with inflation is especially damaging, doctors say May 23, 2024
From Resident to Academic Attending: The Challenges Ahead With appropriate support, this can be a time of growth and learning May 21, 2024
The Lure of Specialty Medicine Pulls Nurse Practitioners From Primary Care Increasingly, NPs are broadening their skills and income May 17, 2024
Reflecting on Two Decades in Medicine: Advice to New Graduates Give yourself permission to explore and excel in various aspects of your life and career May 16, 2024