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Author: Claire Wallace

UC Irvine Department of Neurological Surgery’s former chair, Mark Linskey, MD, has been awarded $5.8 million in a retaliation lawsuit against the university medical center, according to a May 24 report from the LATimes. Dr. Linskey has been involved in…

The most important thing for female physicians in the workplace is a commitment to work-life balance for physicians and staff, according to Medscape's 2024 "Fighting Glass Ceilings: Medscape Female Physician Career Tracks Report," published Dec. 11. 

Around 47% of medical school students expect to graduate with more than $200,000 in school debt, according to Medscape's "'Either You Study or Sleep': Medscape Medical School Experience Report 2024," published Oct. 23. 

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Approximately 1 in 14 general medicine patients, or 7%, suffer harm from diagnostic errors, according to a new study led by Anuj Dalal, MD, from the division of general internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School…

Patient experience scores rose across all settings in 2024, from ASCs to medical practices to hospital and emergency departments, according to an Aug. 20 report from Press Ganey. 

Rhode Island has been named the state with the most vaccinated residents in 2024, with Mississippi named the state with the fewest, according to a study from WalletHub published Sept. 11. 

About a quarter of medical students rarely or never see their friends, amid busy class loads and work expectations, according to Medscape's 2024 "Medical Student Lifestyle Report," published Sept. 4. 

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