In 2010, the American Board of Internal Medicine suspended or revoked the certification of 139 physicians for giving away or soliciting examination questions for a board review company. Reliable reports subsequently surfaced that residents preparing for certification examinations used questions reproduced by people who took previous exams.
Health information technology (IT) may cut demand for physicians in the future, according to a recently published review. Jonathan P. Weiner, Dr.P.H., from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, and colleagues performed a comprehensive literature review of previously published systematic reviews and relevant individual studies to estimate the effect if health IT were fully implemented in 30 percent of community-based physician offices.
Millions of Americans suffer from a substance use disorder (SUD) which can lead to various medical concerns such as psychiatric disorders or physical health complications. A common misconception surrounding the medical community involves physicians who are presumably exempt from substance abuse. A research team led by Dr. David O. Warner from the Mayo Clinic found that anesthesiology residents were at risk of developing a substance use disorder due to the accessibility of potent drugs such as opioids administered intravenously.
California's shortage of primary-care doctors has left Jennifer Han in the unique position of starting medical school and not having to worry about the cost. She could be racking up $36,000 a year in medical-school debt -- just for tuition. But she won't have to pay that.
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