by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 17, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Physician burnout rates in the United States have dropped below 50 percent for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as revealed by recent survey data from the American Medical Association (AMA). This decline, with 48 percent of surveyed physicians...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Experts are sounding the alarm over a decline in new doctors entering pediatrics, warning of serious implications for children’s health care nationwide. This shortage threatens to deprive kids of essential medical attention crucial for their well-being,...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
The Biden administration is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to train primary care clinicians to better serve older adults, officials announced Monday. America faces a shortage of geriatricians, who specialize in health care for patients over 65 years old....
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Dr. Bruce Scott, the newly appointed president of the American Medical Association, aims to address several key challenges during his one-year term. His primary focus is reducing health care reliance on non-physician providers, a trend he believes undermines the...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Nineteen rural Minnesota hospitals and their 50-plus clinics have banded together to form a clinically integrated network (CIN) serving more than 750,000 people. The so-called Headwaters High-Value Network, announced Thursday, stitches the independent hospitals’...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
For-profit hospitals received lower marks on “socially responsible” metrics compared to nonprofits in an annual index from the Lown Institute released on Tuesday. For-profit hospitals were overrepresented in the lowest quality rankings on the index, which measured...
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