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A judge ruled that Iowa Board of Medicine officials failed to provide all necessary information to a physician accused of incompetence, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported July 15.
A Pikeville, Ky., physician has been sentenced to 32 months in prison for illegally prescribing amphetamines.
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Emergency medicine specialists are facing the highest rates of burnout this year, according to a July 9 report from the American Medical Association.
Des Moines, Iowa-based Hamza Alsayouf, MD, has sued the state's Board of Medicine to gain investigative files, alleging the board violated state law by withholding information on him, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported July 8.
Physician burnout rates have fallen below 50% for the first time since 2020, according to a July 2 report from the American Medical Association.
The average U.S. medical student leaves college with $206,924 in loan debt, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
An emergency room physician formerly of Iowa City, Iowa, has pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining the personal health information of multiple individuals.