Here's What Led ED Nurse to Call the Fire Department for Help Problems from that night are not unique to her hospital, says Kelsay Irby, RN Nov 21, 2022
Should Board Certification Organizations Have to Meet Particular Standards? AMA delegates debate the question, air their grievances with maintenance of certification Nov 17, 2022
Doctor Faces Child Sex Trafficking Charges; Pfizer's COVID Cash; Ransomware Harm This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 09, 2022
Electronic Medical Records Are Strangling American Medicine The implications for burnout are staggering Oct 23, 2022
Former UCLA Ob/Gyn Convicted for Sexual Assault Jury found James Heaps, MD, guilty on five counts in connection with sexual assaults of patients Oct 21, 2022
Isn't It a Seller's Market for Healthcare Professionals? Competition for a scarce resource (providers) could improve the workplace Oct 12, 2022
Nurse Protests Her Firing Over Refusal to Take Implicit Bias Training "I objected to a mandatory course grounded in the idea that I'm racist because I'm white" Oct 07, 2022
UCSF Residents Avert Strike; Reach Tentative Deal With Children's Hospital Oakland Proposed contract includes better pay and benefits for housing, meals, and relocation Oct 07, 2022
'Not an Easy Villain': Documentary Tackles Healthcare's Big Hospital Problem The human cost of tax-exempt hospitals is a hard pill to swallow, says "InHospitable" director Oct 06, 2022 video
Women Doctors More Likely to Be Called by First Name in Patient Portal Messages Primary care and DO physicians also more likely to be greeted informally in EMR messages Oct 05, 2022
Growing Calls to Marry HF Specialists With Cardiac Critical Care Cardiac ICU staffing issues require a multidisciplinary team approach, some say Oct 02, 2022
More Emotional Exhaustion; Where to Work for 'Humanizing' Experience Must-reads about the latest news and trends in healthcare careers Oct 02, 2022
The Oft-Forgotten Team Members: Health Unit Coordinators They should be recognized in their presence rather than by their absence Sep 24, 2022
Fauci: COVID Lives On; Doc's Burnout Broke Her Heart; Don't Cook Chicken in NyQuil Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by app staff Sep 20, 2022
Appointment Wait Times Continue to Rise Amid Concerns of Physician Shortages New survey finds that wait times increased by 8% across four specialties since 2017 Sep 16, 2022
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
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
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
Kentucky Nurse Accused of Killing Elderly Patient Eyvette Renee Hunter allegedly sedated 97-year-old against orders Aug 24, 2022
Cluster of Physician Deaths at Canadian Hospital Spurs Misinfo Campaign All three doctors died from cancer, but became the subject of anti-vax social media posts Aug 05, 2022
Want to Keep People Working in Mental Health? Pay Them More $$, Experts Say "I'm competing with places like Target," says one crisis intervention center director Jul 20, 2022
Understaffing in Anesthesiology Linked to Patient Deaths, Complications Higher morbidity, mortality rates tied to anesthesia docs covering 3 to 4 overlapping surgeries Jul 20, 2022
High Demand for Specialty Physicians Spurs Salary Bump: Report Orthopedic surgeons topped the list Jul 18, 2022
Physicians Can Kick Tech's A** Right Back Medicine needs specialized doctors who only focus on technology Jul 12, 2022
Is Sleep Deprivation Driving the Burnout Crisis in Healthcare Workers? Panelists discuss fatigue as a mediator of occupational stress Jun 06, 2022
More RN Hours Linked With Better Sepsis Outcomes Facility needs to have enough nurses on staff for such "complex care," researcher warns Jun 01, 2022
Doc Says He Was Cut for Pushing Back on 10-Minute Visits Employer argues 10-minute goal is only for time spent in EMR May 19, 2022
Do Interns and Residents Ever Really Go on Strike? Milton Packer describes the first and only successful U.S. housestaff strike -- in 1975 May 18, 2022
The Chilling Effect of the RaDonda Vaught Prosecution The threat of criminal charges will not create better providers or patient outcomes May 17, 2022
Nurse Vaught Sentenced for Deadly Medical Error Former Vanderbilt nurse gets 3 years probation for negligent homicide, adult abuse May 13, 2022
Residents, Fellows at USC Keck School of Medicine Latest to Vote to Unionize Vote follows a campaign focused on living wages and representation in the workplace May 12, 2022
Doctor's Co. Faked COVID Test Results; Surgeon Sues Over Sexism; Hospital Price Hike This past week in healthcare investigations May 11, 2022
Dem Senator Introduces Bill to Stem Attacks on Healthcare Workers Measure calls for workplaces to "adopt proven prevention techniques" May 04, 2022
Striking Nurses Stare Down Pay Cuts, Loss of Health Coverage Labor group says hospital system is "weaponizing" nurses' medical benefits Apr 21, 2022
Biden Administration Working to Rescind Trump-Era 'Conscience Clause' Rule Regulation would have enforced health workers' rights to decline participation in some procedures Apr 20, 2022
Healthcare Consolidation Expected to Continue, Expert Says Small-scale players will merge with others, especially in the second half of 2022, she predicts Apr 14, 2022
Tufts Nurses Rally for Children's Access to Care as Closure Looms "It's really scary and heartbreaking to think about when we're not an option" Apr 08, 2022