Reproductive Rights Central to Wisconsin Ob/Gyn's Run for Congress Medicare physician pay, healthcare-for-all also central to Kristin Lyerly's campaign Sep 16, 2024
Nurses Blast Steward Health Care's Greed: 'It Ruins You' Steward CEO, Ralph de la Torre, MD, was a "no-show" at hearing, despite subpoena Sep 13, 2024
MedPod Today: Med Board Snubs New Law; Is Ketamine Addictive? AMR the Musical 51˶ reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics Sep 13, 2024 podcast
Project 2025: Assessing the Impact on the Healthcare Workforce Effective and equitable training does not appear to be a priority of this agenda Sep 09, 2024
PA Group Sends Second Letter Asking AMA for Policy Truce A second open letter requests a meeting to discuss the impact of AMA's "disparaging rhetoric" Sep 04, 2024
From D-Day to Assassination Attempts: Where Medicine and History Intertwine Major historical events may have turned out differently without rapid medical responses Sep 04, 2024
Residents Strike, Demonstrate Around Labor Day Weekend Trainees in Buffalo strike, while those in Philadelphia demonstrate for better pay Sep 04, 2024
Neurologists Are the Latest Specialists to Exit Mission Health Physician departures have followed a 2019 takeover by HCA Healthcare Aug 28, 2024
Psychedelic Probe Expands; Why Therapists Leave Networks; Fizzling Pandemic Program This past week in healthcare investigations Aug 28, 2024
Insufficient Hospital Nurse Staffing Linked With Higher Risk of Patient Death Temporary staffing not the answer, according to study Aug 19, 2024
Did COVID Vax Mandates for Health Workers Increase Uptake? Yes, but only among younger workers and in states with no test-out options Aug 14, 2024
More Rural Hospitals Are on the Verge of Closing, Report Finds Private insurers are paying less than the cost of care, data show Aug 09, 2024
What Is 'Character Assassination' in Medicine? The consequences affect not only the targeted clinician but patients and institutions too Aug 06, 2024
Medical School Affiliated With HCA Healthcare Welcomes Its First Class 50 students at the Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine received their white coats last week Aug 05, 2024
PA Group Asks AMA for Policy Truce An open letter to the AMA calls for an end to its "divisive campaign against PAs" Aug 05, 2024
Harris' California Healthcare Battles Signal Fights Ahead for Hospitals if She Wins But if elected as president, she could face a less hospitable political environment Aug 05, 2024
Healthcare Groups Want Congress to Make Assaulting a Health Worker a Federal Crime Legislation introduced in House and Senate calls for prison sentence of up to 20 years Aug 02, 2024
PBMs Overpay Their Own Pharmacies to the Detriment of Insurers, Taxpayers, FTC Says But the interim report was criticized by business owners and the PBM trade group Aug 01, 2024
Fentanyl Easy to Make; UnitedHealth's Physician Empire; Is NP Training Sufficient? This past week in healthcare investigations Jul 31, 2024
Senate Hearing on Noncompete Agreements Gets Contentious Sen. John Kennedy spars with orthopedic surgeon who fought to leave his practice Jul 31, 2024
Committee for Economic Development: A Mighty 'Influencer' in Health Policymaking This group's meeting brought civil discourse on healthcare to the nation's capital Jul 29, 2024
10 Essential Tips for Doctors: Mastering Contract Negotiations Follow these steps to secure a fair and comprehensive agreement Jul 27, 2024
PTSD Ran High Among Physicians During COVID-19 Pandemic Female physicians, trainees more likely to develop the condition Jul 24, 2024
Trump's Health; Biden's Whereabouts; The Doctors Who Most Want to Leave Their Jobs Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Jul 24, 2024
U.S. News Releases This Year's 'Best Medical Schools,' With Changes Medical schools that opted out of submitting data went unranked Jul 23, 2024
Biden Health Update; RFK Jr. Floated White House Job; Nurses Opt to Strike Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Jul 23, 2024
First Impressions Count in Healthcare By modifying our habits, we can improve the care experience for all Jul 20, 2024
Global IT Outage Hobbles EHR Systems, Leaving Docs Scrambling Surgeries, medical appointments canceled across the U.S. after bungled software update Jul 19, 2024
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
These Six 51˶ 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