8 physician workforce updates in February

Here are eight physician workforce updates Becker's reported on in February:

1. The University of Arizona Health Sciences has launched a primary care physician scholarship program to address the physician shortage.
2. Central Oregon Providers Network and St. Charles Health System announced Feb. 23 that COPN withdrew its petition to unionize.
3. Healthcare advisory firm Chartis launched the Chartis Center for Burnout Solutions.
4. Physicians from Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health and OptumCare Medical Group in Orange, Calif., filed a petition to form a union under the Union of American Physicians & Dentists to address provider burnout.
5. A Kentucky bill that seeks to ensure physicians have confidential access to mental health support cleared the Senate Standing Committee on Health Services on Feb. 15. 
6. Physicians at Allina Health's Mercy Hospital campuses in Fridley and Coon Rapids, Minn., filed a petition Feb. 14 for a union representation election with the National Labor Relations Board.
7. Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health partnered with emergency medical services agencies and community healthcare organizations to establish a program expanding healthcare services in seven counties in Central Virginia.
8. New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals launched an initiative focused on increasing physician diversity in the healthcare system.