Hospital/physician relations

Apr 19 | Jeff Lagasse

Wording in medical student evaluations differ by gender, minority status, revealing potential bias

Evaluators often used personal descriptors to describe a student's performance, and…

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Apr 17 | Jeff Lagasse

For busy medical students, two-hour meditation study may be as beneficial as a longer course

Medical students are at disproportionately high risk for depression and anxiety, and mindfulness…

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Apr 10 | Jeff Lagasse

Physician pay increases, but gender gap widens and administrative burden increases, Medscape shows

Physician salaries average $313,000 this year, up from $299,999 in 2018 -- a more than 20…

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Mar 29 | Jeff Lagasse

Physicians' trust in one another is a care safety and quality issue, experts find

If doctors don't value and trust each other, the safety and quality of patient care could potentially…

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Mar 29 | Jeff Lagasse

Student loan forgiveness programs driving osteopathic physicians to primary care

About a third of osteopathic medical students intend to work in primary care, an 18 percent increase from…

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Gender pay gap for physicians is narrowing, but work stills needs to be done

New report shows male physician pay remained flat in 2018, while female physician pay increased.

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Mar 13 | Jeff Lagasse

Gender-based salary gap persists among academic emergency medicine physicians

The authors said the reasons for salary disparities by gender are unclear, but may include the presence of…

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Mar 04 | Beth Jones Sanborn

Time's Up Healthcare seeks to drive cultural change, break down culture of inequality, harassment

The organization says healthcare professionals represent the second largest group to have…

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Mar 01 | Jeff Lagasse

More women are training to be plastic surgeons, but racial/ethnic representation still lags behind

Black representation has actually decreased among plastic surgery trainees, and Hispanic…

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Feb 28 | Beth Jones Sanborn

One more reason to focus on retaining physicians: They generate $2.4 million for their hospitals

Family physicians and internists also represent significant ROI, generating $2.1 million and…

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