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Among four groups of healthcare workers who have recently gone on strike, common factors contributing to the decision to strike include staffing issues, wages and workloads. 

A Henry Ford Health physician is suing the Detroit-based health system over a policy that requires an assessment based solely on age, The Detroit Free Press reported Oct. 19.

Columbus city legislators and the Central Ohio Hospital Council are piloting a debt forgiveness program that will forgive $335 million worth of medical debt for area residents. 

Healthcare software company Henry Schein's manufacturing and distribution businesses suffered a cybersecurity incident Oct. 14.

More than 400 primary care physicians working with Minneapolis-based Allina Health have voted to unionize, according to The New York Times. 

Memoirs from physicians allow specialists in other fields to get a better understanding of challenges in medicine faced by residents, clinicians and medical students. 

Thirty-nine percent of physicians with side gigs said their main jobs offered "some flexibility," according to Medscape's "Physician Side Gigs Report 2023."

Physician assistants in the United States are split over whether they prefer using "physician assistant" or "physician associate" as their title, according to a survey conducted by locum tenens staffing agency Barton Associates.

Paula Aristizabal, MD, a pediatric oncologist at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, was awarded $4 million to expand a program focused on improving diversity in pediatric cancer clinical trials.

An Arkansas psychiatrist who previously served as chair for the state's medical board has been arrested for two counts of Medicaid fraud, Fox affiliate KNWA reported Oct. 10.