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Telemedicine's Role in Enhancing PA Practice

If you haven’t expanded your role to offer telemedicine services yet, this could be the time to consider it.
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Psychiatry Shortages and Opportunities

If you’re beginning a career in psychiatry, you’ve got good reasons to be optimistic.
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News Round-Up: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women's Health

Recent developments in obstetrics, gynecology, and women's health news are shaping the future of the field and impacting patient care.
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Why Robots Won’t Replace Doctors

The phrase artificial intelligence (AI) was coined in 1965, when computer scientist John McCarthy used it to refer to the creation of intelligent machines.
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The Demand on Female Physicians: What’s at Stake?

It’s not a myth that women are perceived as nurturing caregivers. In fact, there is substantial research to validate these perceptions when it comes to female healthcare providers.
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How Patients Are Using ChatGPT in Healthcare

At the end of 2022, OpenAI released an early version of ChatGPT. Since then, the chatbot has quickly gone viral. Its ability to provide timely, easily understandable information is transforming how people work and search the internet.
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Top Challenges Facing Healthcare Workers

Working in healthcare has many benefits: It’s an in-demand field (the industry is expected to grow by 13 percent from 2021 to 2031), and the work can be rewarding as you make a meaningful difference in the lives of your patients and their families.
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Physician Assistant Employment Fact Sheet

Physician assistants play a vital role in healthcare.
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Top Challenges PAs Are Facing

There are many benefits to working as a physician assistant (PA). The job offers versatility, flexibility, and compensation well above the national median.
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Navigating the Physician Job Market: Where You’re Needed Most

Throughout your career, finding a satisfying and fulfilling job will require weighing many factors: location, compensation, lifestyle, work style, and more.
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Dermatology and Diversity: The Push for Inclusive Care

In recent years, dermatology has made great strides and advancements, from discovering new risk factors for skin cancer to developing technology to rapidly improve skin health.
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What is an FSED?

The concept of the free-standing emergency department, or FSED, is not new. As long ago as the 1970s, FSEDs were regarded as an option for providing services to rural communities, and they’re getting another look in recent years.
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Which Medical Specialties Have the Happiest Physicians?

Your happiness and job satisfaction as a physician doesn't just impact your personal well-being—they can significantly influence the quality of patient care.
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Industry Outlook: Locum Tenens

While locum tenens positions began as a sort of “band-aid” for ongoing provider shortages, has evolved into the preferred career choice for many clinicians across the U.S.
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Physician Shortages in States with Gender-Affirming Care Bans

In 2023 alone, United States legislatures introduced 556 anti-LGBTQ bills across the country, with 83 passing into law.
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Telemedicine and Primary Care

The early months of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a steep decline in in-person healthcare appointments and revenues, mainly due to social distancing restrictions and concerns about contracting the virus.
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How Diverse Is Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Women's Health?

There are many benefits to creating a workforce built upon the core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
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Trends in Men's Health: More than Testosterone

As a specialty, men's health has only recently begun to establish its place in the wider medical community.
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Why So Many Women Are Choosing D.O.s for Ob-Gyn: What Doctors Need to Know

Just over one in ten physicians in the United States are Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine or D.O.s.
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Physician Shortages in States with Abortion Laws

Since the Supreme Court Dobbs v. Jackson decision overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, 14 states have banned or significantly restricted abortion access.
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Ob-Gyn Closures: Why Maternity Wards Are Shutting Their Doors and What This Means for Doctors and Patients

In 2022, the March of Dimes reported on the problem of “maternity care deserts” across the United States.
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The State of Emergency Medicine: A State of Emergency?

Emergency medicine is a field that consistently draws dedicated and talented medical professionals.
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Diversity in Osteopathic Medicine

Even though the number of underrepresented minorities in U.S. medical schools has risen, the ethnic differences between medical school graduates and the population as a whole are expanding.
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Why is Violence in Emergency Departments on the Rise?

According to a national poll conducted by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), violence in emergency departments has increased over the last few years.
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What Physicians Need to Know About The Top Public Health Issues

We are alive during a time of great challenges and our physicians are rising up, helping to meet the needs of individuals across the country—and beyond.