The Massachusetts Court of Appeals has ruled that a radiology services provider could be held liable for not providing a patient access to an on-call interventional radiologist, leading to the patient's death.

Faculty at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and UVA Health in Charlottesville alleged leadership had created a toxic work environment within the medical school and health system and signed a no-confidence letter addressed to the rector and Board of Visitors of the university in September.

Mark Newberry, MD, a primary care physician in Havana, Ga., is retiring after more than 30 years of practice as the town's only primary care physician, WFSU Public Media reported Oct. 22. 

Around 47% of medical school students expect to graduate with more than $200,000 in school debt, according to Medscape's "'Either You Study or Sleep': Medscape Medical School Experience Report 2024," published Oct. 23. 

Approximately 1 in 14 general medicine patients, or 7%, suffer harm from diagnostic errors, according to a new study led by Anuj Dalal, MD, from the division of general internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center physician over violating state law by providing hormone replacement therapy to 21 minors. The case is the first of its kind in the U.S., after Texas and 25 other states banned forms of gender-affirming care for minors last year.  

Physicians are increasingly concerned about the negative impacts of declining reimbursement rates on their practices and independence, particularly in a healthcare environment marked by consolidation.

A physician, a physician assistant and a Berlin, Conn.-based practice paid $300,000 to resolve allegations that prescribed oxycodone and fentanyl to patients that showed signs of drug abuse.

New York City-based East River Medical Imaging has agreed to pay $1.85 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that alleged negligent cybersecurity. 

The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission has reviewed the effects of sale of financially troubled Steward Health Care's physician group, Stewardship Health, to Nashville, Tenn.-based Rural Healthcare Group, part of private equity firm Kinderhook Industries, for $245 million in cash, according to Oct. 10 comission meeting documents. 

The American Medical Association recognizes health systems that show dedication to physician well-being through it's Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition Program each year.

Patient experience scores rose across all settings in 2024, from ASCs to medical practices to hospital and emergency departments, according to an Aug. 20 report from Press Ganey. 

Recent AI models are still far from accurate when it comes to clinical recommendations, a study published Oct. 8 in Nature Communications found. 

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The Michigan State Medical Society has launched a "tort tutorial" to educate physicians on Michigan's tort reforms.

Eight physician and healthcare groups reaffirmed their support this week for the regulation of unassembled firearm kits, or "ghost guns." The groups filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold the 1968 Gun Control Act, requiring regulation of unregistered firearm kits; the court is currently considering the matter.

The Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, N.J., is launching a new master's of physician assistant studies program. 

Physicians from Johnson City, Tenn.-based ETSU Health Family Medicine visited patients in their homes, conducted welfare checks and offered supplies in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. 

A group of emergency medicine physicians in Maine have assembled New England's first physician-only EMS response team, WABI 5 reported Oct. 7. 

The cost of attending medical school has greatly outpaced inflation over the last two decades, according to an Oct. 2 report by CHG Healthcare.