Army Doc Gets Over 13 Years in Prison for Sexually Abusing Soldiers Anesthesiologist and pain management specialist pleaded guilty to abuse of dozens of male victims Jan 16, 2025
California Doctors Lose Homes and Much More to Devastating Fires "Not only did we lose our home. We lost our community," Malibu doctor says Jan 15, 2025
Victims Recount Military Doc's Sexual Abuse; UnitedHealth Doctors Questioned This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 15, 2025
Surgical Patient's Face Catches Fire; Drug Prices Up; Slime at Boar's Head Plant Health news and commentary gathered by app staff Jan 15, 2025
How Should I Prioritize Self-Care During Training? A Q&A with a residency program director Jan 14, 2025
Nurse Practitioners Top 'Best Jobs' Rankings Again PAs also placed high in U.S. News & World Report's rankings Jan 14, 2025
How Nurses, Doctors Rank in Gallup's Poll of Most Trusted Professions Nurses take the top spot for 23rd year in a row, doctors round out the top five Jan 13, 2025
Prospect Is Another Casualty of Private Equity in Healthcare, Experts Say "Wealth-extraction entities" have no business in healthcare, one doctor argues Jan 13, 2025
Can Medical Schools Funnel More Doctors Into the Primary Care Pipeline? Many start out interested in primary care, but often end up chasing higher-paying specialties Jan 13, 2025
Doctors, Nurses Press Ahead as Wildfires Strain Los Angeles' Healthcare At least one medical clinic burned down Jan 13, 2025
Top FDA Official Exits; SCOTUS Takes Up Obamacare Case; Texas Doc Suspended Health news and commentary gathered by app staff Jan 13, 2025
Future of Lab-Developed Tests Still Taking Shape Parts of FDA rule on the tests set to take effect in May as opponents await lawsuit outcome Jan 10, 2025
Thousands of Providence Health Workers Strike in Oregon Largest strike involving healthcare workers in the state, first involving physicians Jan 10, 2025
Healthcare AI, Meant to Save Money, Turns Out to Require a Lot of Expensive Humans Algorithms currently require oversight Jan 10, 2025
Georgia Stem Cell Companies Banned From Marketing Their Treatments They'll also have to pay more than $5 million in penalties and refunds to duped customers Jan 10, 2025
Growing 'Medical Freedom' Movement Poses Challenge for Public Health The notion isn't new, but is "coalescing, now, around this phrase" Jan 10, 2025
These Are the Largest Academic Medical Centers in the U.S. Institutions are ranked by the number of interns and residents Jan 09, 2025
Patient Care Deteriorates After Private Equity Acquisition of Hospitals Study supports other research showing worse outcomes after private equity acquisition Jan 09, 2025
Doc Accused of Sexually Exploiting Kids; More Women Accuse Ob/Gyn of Sex Assault A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jan 09, 2025
Senate Report Blasts Private Equity Ownership in Health Facilities "The American public deserves more when it comes to healthcare" Jan 08, 2025
Economic 'Shrinkflation' Strikes Healthcare It's high time to address workplace issues and workforce shortages Jan 08, 2025
Storm-Chasing Doctor Makes Annual Trip to 'Tornado Alley' "Tornadoes really are incredible beasts," says Colorado hospitalist Jan 08, 2025
Death in Doc's Sex Trafficking Case; Docs Help Insurer Boost $; Insurers in Court This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 08, 2025
Doctor Targeted by Deepfake Ad Scam Social media ad advised diabetes patients against taking metformin Jan 07, 2025
Does the '4% Rule' Make Sense for Doctors? A look at the near-universal advice for retirement Jan 07, 2025
This Year's Shkreli Awards: Here's Who Made the List "We are dumbfounded by the amount of profiteering," Lown Institute president says Jan 07, 2025
Journal Editors Sound Alarm on Predatory Medical Journals These journals take advantage of the current academic environment with its pressure to publish Jan 06, 2025
Will a CEO’s Murder Nudge American Healthcare Toward the Unthinkable? Ron Harman King fears healthcare reform may hinge on the courts, not Congress, at great cost Jan 05, 2025 video
What Happened With the USMLE Cheating Scandal? Hundreds of Nepali examinees had their USMLE scores invalidated earlier this year Jan 04, 2025
ABIM Revokes Certification of Another Doctor Who Made Controversial COVID Claims It's not clear exactly when credentials for Peter McCullough, MD, MPH, were revoked Jan 02, 2025
Jury Awards Doc $21M; Doc Accused of Using Job Recruitment for Rape; Nurse Wins $2M A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jan 02, 2025
Concerns Continue Over Private Equity's Reach Into Healthcare Rising costs have left many hospitals vulnerable to "the sway of private equity," one expert says Jan 02, 2025
Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage. Insurers review patients' progress to see whether they can go to a lower level of care Dec 31, 2024
Overlooked Stories of 2024 Deeper stories often get lost in a fast-paced news environment Dec 31, 2024
IV Fluid Shortage Likely to Extend Into Early 2025 Major supplier damaged by Hurricane Helene continues to bring production lines back online Dec 31, 2024
AI in Healthcare: Accountability a Key Focus in 2025 Regulation isn't expected, leaving industry and health systems to work it out Dec 31, 2024
Mask Mandates Return; Health Workers to Strike; Top Healthcare Data Breaches of 2024 Health news and commentary gathered by app staff Dec 31, 2024
Modest Decline in Patient Portal Messages After Billing Initiative Launched Policy had no impact on ED visits or hospitalizations Dec 30, 2024
The CDC Hasn't Asked States to Track Deaths Linked to Abortion Bans Experts say it's a missed opportunity to study the laws' impacts Dec 29, 2024
Fairy Tales and Sleep; Cognitive Impairment in AI Also in TTHealthWatch: manual dexterity and salty language among hospital staff Dec 28, 2024 podcast