In the latest sign of mounting strain on medical workers, nearly 300 primary care physicians employed by Mass General Brigham have notified federal authorities that they want to join a union, citing "burnout" and the "corporatization of medicine" at the state's largest health system. The doctors comprise the "vast majority" of primary care physicians employed by Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, according to Dr. Michael Barnett, a primary care doctor at the Brigham and associate professor of health policy and management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Barnett, one of the organizers of the effort, said the physicians signed cards saying they wanted to join the Doctors Council of the SEIU, Local 10MD. The cards were delivered to the National Labor Relations Board along with a petition to hold a union election.
Four-day workweeks, double the salary of some colleagues and no emails at night. If those perks sound like they belong to a few vaunted tech jobs, think again. Dermatologists boast some of medicine's most enviable work lives, and more aspiring doctors are vying for residency spots in the specialty.
The rising escalation of aggressive behavior in healthcare workplaces became evidently clear at Geisinger after two people were killed on the rural Pennsylvania health system's properties in 2022.
What's the current state of AI in healthcare? "Deployment is King" answer the Mayo Clinic's Dr. John Halamka and Paul Cerrato. There have been very few working implementations so far of the numerous AI solutions for healthcare developed by startups and established companies. "For a solution to work within a health system, it needs to conform to specific governance protocols, integrate with its IT systems, and win the support of clinicians and administrators who will be using it on a daily basis," write Halamka and Cerrato.
A strain of mpox disease that had previously been undetected in the U.S. has been found in California. The patient contracted it after traveling from East Africa, where there has been an outbreak of the clade I strain. The person was treated in San Mateo County and then released. The person is at home recovering. The CDC says the strain presents a low risk to the general public. 'Casual contact, like you might have during travel, is unlikely to pose significant risks for transmission of mpox,' it said.
Researchers used artificial intelligence to predict the activity of thousands of genes in tumors based on routinely collected images of tumor biopsies. It could guide treatment without costly genomic tests.