Jennifer Rogers, MD, has been named the new chief medical officer of Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital and Bradford (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, the Olean Times Herald reported Nov. 18.
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Medical residents and fellows at four Rhode Island hospitals affiliated with Brown University's Warren Alpert School of Medicine in Providence are looking to unionize, The Brown Daily Herald reported Nov. 19.
Primary care physicians at Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's hospitals, both part of Mass General Brigham in Boston, are eyeing a unionization vote.
State laws restricting abortions and gender-affirming care have created confusion for many physicians as they try to identify the line between essential medicine and legality in a fast-moving political environment.
Alexander Nesbitt, MD, a physician in Williamsport, Pa., is retiring after 40 years of practice, the Williamsport Sun-Gazette reported Nov. 13.
Physicians and their staff feel increasingly burdened by prior authorization requirements, according to Medscape's "'They're Awful and Impede Patient Care': Medscape Physicians and Prior Authorizations Report 2024."
Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a Dallas physician for illegally providing gender-affirming care to more than a dozen children, marking the third lawsuit over transgender care for minors in the state.
Orlando Health has named three new leaders of hospitals in southwest and west Orange County.
Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health and Creighton University School of Medicine, also in Omaha, are introducing the nation's first Rural Track Physician Residency program, Fox Nebraska reported Nov. 7.
Physician practices are struggling for survival amid inflation, healthcare consolidation and other market pressures.