- The American Medical Association’s House of Delegates voted to oppose noncompete contracts for physicians employed by for-profit or nonprofit hospitals, hospital systems and staffing company employers.
- One in 5 physicians reported inadequate support from executives and leadership.
- Two-thirds of physicians and biomedical scientists reported harassment on social media following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The American Medical Association introduced a policy advocating for the removal of irrelevant mental health information in the licensing and credentialing process at its annual meeting.
- CMS announced a pilot value-based primary care model across eight states through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, also known as the Innovation Center.
- An artificial intelligence program predicted hospital readmission and other patient outcomes based on physician notes.
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