Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Dec. 12 signed the Medical Aid in Dying Bill, a law that establishes eligibility criteria, physician responsibilities and participation protections for medical aid in dying. Here are six things to know:
Physician Workforce
Eleven physicians joined Becker’s to discuss the biggest threats physicians will face next year. Among the threats they cited were longstanding issues such as erosion of public trust to reimbursement declines. Yet, others saw more emergent ones stemming from workforce…
Hospitals where nurses report “enough nurses to get the work done” have better physician outcomes, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open Nov. 17. Researchers drew on two clinician surveys covering 49 European hospitals and 56 U.S.…
Here are nine updates on unionization efforts at healthcare organizations since Nov. 1, 2025: 1. Members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals concluded their three-day strike at San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare Nov. 29. 2. Registered…
Quality of life, rather than compensation, is the main factor driving physicians to consider moving abroad, according to a Medscape report published Nov. 24. Medscape surveyed 1,271 physicians who either currently work abroad or aspire to do so between Sept.…
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A provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law July 4, imposed stricter borrowing limits on the amount of federal student loans that those earning professional degrees can borrow. Specifically, the new legislation eliminates the Grad PLUS…
There have been several lawsuits, policy moves and other updates related to noncompete agreements and their utilization in physician employment contracts. While some argue that noncompete clauses are important tools to protect vulnerable businesses, others argue that they stifle competition…
In a viewpoint published Nov. 16 in Medpage Today, Venktesh Ramnath, MD, a professor and pulmonologist at the University of California San Diego, reflects on his experience with burnout, arguing that its prevalence reveals deeper issues in medicine. Dr. Ramnath…
San Antonio, Texas-based Methodist Healthcare aims to expand its residency programs as the region battles severe physician shortages and “brain drain,” San Antonio Report reported Nov. 10. The shortage around the San Antonio area is largely due to brain drain,…
As healthcare evolves, new buzzwords have entered the collective dialogue among physicians and other medical professionals, reflecting shifting trends and issues in the industry. Two physicians joined Becker’s to discuss the buzzwords they are tired of hearing and why they…