Planned Parenthood’s no-show rates in Minnesota spike as pregnant women avoid ICE, report says

“Everyone is concerned,” she added. “Our patients are concerned. Our staff is also concerned.” ...
TMCnet

ChristianaCare, Bayhealth and PCOM Announce Delaware Collaborative Clinical Campus

For decades, ChristianaCare has maintained a longstanding collaboration with PCOM, where students have trained at ChristianaCare facilities in New Castle County. The new Collaborative Clinical Campus ...

Phoenix Medical Assistant School Announces Spring Opening of New Mesa Campus

Phoenix Medical Assistant School will open a new Mesa campus this spring, offering affordable, hands-on medical ...

Michigan's first dental therapist is changing how residents get care

Michigan's first dental therapist became licensed in September and another awaits licensing. But a statewide dentist group opposes expansion.

Doctors say fear of immigration enforcement is keeping some patients away from critical care

Patients in Minnesota are canceling appointments and deferring critical health care needs because of fear of immigration enforcement as the federal crackdown continues, doctors say.
inforum

U of M Regents back 3-way deal with Fairview, physicians

ST. PAUL — The University of Minnesota Board of Regents voted 12-0 on Friday, Jan. 30, to approve a preliminary agreement that sets the framework for a new 10-year partnership with Fairview Health ...
The New York Times

Physician Assistants Want a New Name and More Power. Not Everyone Is Happy.

How increased responsibilities and a push to be called “physician associates” are raising tensions with doctors. By Ben Blatt and Teddy Rosenbluth If you wind up at an urgent care center in America, ...
The New York Times

Physician Assistants Are Everywhere. Should You See One?

They wear white coats and do many things a doctor would do — and their numbers are increasing rapidly. By Teddy Rosenbluth In the last 25 years, the medical work force has undergone something of a ...

Hennepin Healthcare to lay off about 100 workers in Minneapolis

The layoffs are tied to service consolidations as the health system faces major financial pressures.
Post-Bulletin

U of M, Fairview and physicians reach agreement in health care partnership's future

MINNEAPOLIS — Fairview Health Services, the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Physicians group have reached a 10-year agreement in continuing its partnership, according to a ...
News Medical

Study finds late-career physician screening programs often lack fairness

Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. physicians with an active license is over age 65. This has spurred a small minority of hospitals to enact policies to assess these caregivers' cognitive and physical health, with ...
Lansing State Journal

Physician assistants, others at UM Health-Sparrow form new union local

LANSING — Physicians assistants and other advanced practitioners at University of Michigan Health−Sparrow have voted to form a new bargaining unit, the Michigan Nurses Association said. The new union ...