Physicians finishing training this year are weighing where to practice against three separate 2026 data sets — on livability, real pay and physician supply — metrics that don’t always overlap in the same geographies. WalletHub’s annual ranking of the best…
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Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are core to how many health systems keep clinics staffed and patients seen, especially as the U.S. manages an ongoing shortage of physicians — and the shift is beginning to show real costs for the…
Physician burnout has become a fixture of concern in healthcare — but many physician leaders argue that the problem extends beyond what the term defines. Walter Fink, DO, associate vice president and chief medical officer at UT Health San Antonio,…
Corporate entities now employ 82% of U.S. physicians, and about nine out of 10 physicians in employed settings are reporting symptoms of burnout, according to a new survey. The Physicians Advocacy Institute and Healthsperien’s Center for Health Research, Policy &…
California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine has launched the Central Valley’s first physical medicine and rehabilitation residency program in Fresno, Calif., in partnership with United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley, Fox 26 News reported Aug. 11.…
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Aultman Health System and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) formalized a partnership Aug. 11 to expand clinical training and strengthen Ohio’s physician pipeline. The agreement, signed in Canton, Ohio, establishes a strategic framework for medical education and clinical training between…
Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Hospital has sued Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates, alleging the physician group is using noncompete agreements to prevent 27 cardiologists from joining Ellis. The complaint was submitted Aug. 12 in New York Supreme Court…
The US healthcare system has quietly come to depend on foreign-born physicians to fill gaps in the workforce, especially in rural reas The U.S. consistently creates more residency positions than it graduates, international medical graduates — especially noncitizens — fill…
More than half of nurse practitioners reported experiencing burnout, depression or both, according to Medscape’s “Nurse Practitioner Burnout & Depression Report 2026.“ The report, published Aug. 11, collected responses from 770 nurse practitioners practicing in the U.S. Here are 10…
Here are 12 updates on unionization efforts and other labor organizing among clinicians and hospitals and health systems in July, as reported by Becker’s: 1. About 10,000 registered nurses represented by Teamsters Local 2024 reached a tentative agreement with Corewell…