The review’s findings were damning, calling out a laissez-faire culture about high priced conflicts of interest that extended from the boardroom out into the practices among leading doctors and administrators.
Hoping to diversify the next generation of doctors and to address the shortage of primary care physicians in underserved areas, New York University is now offering free tuition to its med students. But are enticements like free tuition enough to attract more diverse students to medicine? And is the promise of a debt-free education actually going to cause more young doctors to go into primary care?
A new medical study of ten hospitals finds that a team approach to health that also taps the skills of nurses, technicians, and administrators outperforms the standard doctor-centered approach.
A loss of patient connection is driving an epidemic of clinician burnout at many nonprofit health care facilities, never mind good patient care.
Why are health outcomes so poor in Black neighborhoods in Baltimore, a city blessed to be home to one of the nation’s top three hospitals? The answer is simple: Poverty and structural racism have a far greater impact on health outcomes than healthcare.
For 10 years, UCare funded a residency program for primary care doctors preparing to practice in rural Minnesota. Now that program’s at risk, as the state has stopped it from selling insurance to Medicaid patients.
War-torn Aleppo, Syria has only about 30 doctors left. Civilians, medical staff and aid workers are being killed. The UN has warned Russia that the latest air strikes against civilians could amount to war crimes.
As the War on Terror consistently evades the rules of war, outrage over the bombing of an MSF hospital is met with international bureaucratic rhetoric.
Here’s the hidden reason why one million Americans lose their doctors each year.
Measures have included funding for med schools, new residency programs, financial incentives, and even changing the requirements to practice medicine.
