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What will it take to end the crisis of Black deaths in the U.S.?
In the last two decades, Black Americans have suffered 1.63 million excess deaths compared to…
Category: physicians
Opinion: Done right, AI can give patients crucial information on the quality of their care
Almost as soon as ChatGPT was released to the public, doctors began focusing on how…
Meghan O’Rourke on a medical system not built for chronic illness — and the ‘invisible kingdom’ that could spur change
When her life was upturned by an accumulating array of confounding health problems, Meghan O’Rourke…
STAT+: House committee hearing kicks off potential doctor pay reforms in Medicare
WASHINGTON — The House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee kicked off its first hearing in…
STAT+: Revenue cycle management company Waystar files for IPO
Revenue cycle management company Waystar filed for an initial public offering Monday with the Securities…
STAT+: When Medicare paid doctors differently, fewer patients had heart problems
WASHINGTON — Doctors lowered the incidence of heart disease and strokes among their patients when…
Watch: A conversation with the 2023 STAT Wunderkinds
Each year, STAT sets out to celebrate the unheralded heroes of science and medicine, poring…
Treating Rural America: The new country doctors
Family medicine physician Olusunmisola Oyesiku always thought she would practice in a big city, but…
Opinion: How health care organizations can set up chief medical officers up for success
It should be obvious that medical school and clinical experience, in themselves, can’t fully prepare…
The stability of $0 premiums in Medicare Advantage
You’re reading the web edition of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: New lawsuit highlights another wrinkle for settling disputes over surprise medical bills
After Congress officially outlawed surprise medical bills last year, there’s been endless, litigious debate as…
Nurses and health care support workers at higher risk of suicide, study finds
Jobs in health care are known to be challenging for workers’ mental health. But the…
Treating Rural America: The Last Doctor in Town
With physicians experiencing high turnover and burnout during Covid-19 pandemic and rural hospitals closing, the…
STAT+: Cancer drug shortages widen disparities between big systems and small
For months, oncologist Kristen Rice found herself scrambling for cisplatin and carboplatin, two key chemotherapies…
Opinion: How medical schools are failing students who need mental health care
Medical students experience significant mental distress, including high rates of anxiety, alcohol use, depression and…
Opinion: Policymakers must take action on the physician shortage
The pressures of the last three and a half years have affected every corner of…
STAT+: Four burning questions about the potential 85,000-worker Kaiser Permanente strike
This week, the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions is negotiating a new national contract with…
Senate HELP on collision course
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis. Sign up here to receive this newsletter in your…
STAT+: Bernie Sanders, Bill Cassidy clash over proposal to increase primary care doctors, nurses
WASHINGTON — In a striking display of discord Thursday, leaders of the Senate’s health committee…
FTC sues private equity firm Welsh Carson, U.S. Anesthesia Partners for allegedly creating a monopoly
The Federal Trade Commission has sued U.S. Anesthesia Partners and its private equity owner, Welsh,…
Opinion: Value-based payments are making it harder to see your primary care doctor on short notice
Difficulty scheduling an urgent or time-sensitive appointment is now the most common gripe my patients…
Physicians say transgender sports bans are a health issue
Almost half of U.S. states have banned or restricted trans youths’ access to gender-affirming puberty…
They’re immigrants, farmworkers, and new moms. And they’re facing postpartum depression at higher rates
Over more than a decade working with immigrant farmworkers in the public clinics of the…
Opinion: Doctors in the U.S. can learn a lot about advocacy and activism from their Israeli counterparts
Israeli doctors are bracing for a fight. On Sept. 12, the Israeli Supreme Court is…
Opinion: The question list is a simple way to help patients prepare for appointments
The term for a patient who lists their questions was likely coined in the late…
STAT+: A new paper suggests a simple fix to the primary care physician shortage
The U.S. is running low on primary care physicians, with an estimated shortage of between…
Emotional dry cleaning: A writer helps doctors share their stories — and their pain
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Where Laurel Braitman is sitting is rather apt. Braitman, whose first…
Opinion: Psychiatrists like us cannot keep up with their inboxes
When you’re a psychiatrist, there’s no such thing as a typical day. But if you’re…
What a review of gender-affirming care research by a top pediatrics group actually means
When the American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirmed its support for gender-affirming care earlier this month,…
Krystal Cascetta, Lindsay Clancy, and the impossibility of being a mom in American medicine
In Igbo-Nigerian culture, new moms receive exquisite care from their own mothers, mothers-in-law, or surrogate…
STAT+: Obesity specialists are scarce. Here’s how that’s starting to change
Treatment of obesity has never been more prominent, with the advent of medications like Ozempic…
How the first Native Hawaiian psychiatrist set a course for diversifying medicine
Benjamin Young didn’t set out to be the first Native Hawaiian psychiatrist. Nor did he…
Medical illustrations neglect people with dark skin. A Nigerian doctor-to-be is working to change that
Medical illustration is both an art and a science. But it can have a huge…
Having celiac disease and a thyroid condition sent her on a quest to become an empathetic doctor
A third-year med school student, Brianna Celix doesn’t get a lot of free time. Even…
Opinion: Medicine robs physicians of their fertility. Here’s how to fix it
“The Retrievals,” a disturbing podcast from Serial and the New York Times released this summer,…
Radiation, a mainstay of cancer treatment, begins a fade-out
Every year, doctors get better tools to fight cancer. Engineered cancer-killing cells, immunotherapies, targeted drugs,…
STAT+: After Optum Health’s lowest profit margin in a decade, UnitedHealth makes changes
Just weeks after the division of UnitedHealth Group that provides care to patients posted its…
STAT+: Hospitals are dialing back on venture capital investing
Hospitals once dove headfirst into venture capital with splashy headlines and attention-grabbing numbers. Now, in…
Opinion: What ‘The Bear’ can teach us about hospitality in medicine
The FX/Hulu show “The Bear” transports viewers inside the tense world of restaurants. In Season…
Opinion: Health care has an ‘LMNO’ problem
On inpatient medical services, it’s common to hear patients’ laboratory results presented with statements sounding…
Opinion: Doctors need to pay more attention to non-physical side effects of health care
When faced with a new diagnosis, a patient knows that the necessary treatment may make…
STAT+: With new acquisitions, Humana and CVS hope to turn members into patients
Both Humana and CVS Health on Wednesday touted plans to aggressively scale their primary care…
Affirmative action improved public health — and carried a high personal cost for Black physicians
I should be irate and despondent about the Supreme Court’s scrapping of affirmative action in…
STAT+: Private equity-owned physician groups plan lobbying push on mergers
Three large and growing physician groups backed by the private equity giant Welsh, Carson, Anderson…
Primary care physicians are learning how to fill the gaps in gender-affirming medicine
Harrison has an informal test that he runs on primary care physicians when he meets…
STAT+: HCA says smaller share of spending going to labor
The chief executive of the country’s biggest hospital chain said Thursday that labor costs are…
STAT+: Democrats decry a new health package as too easy on private equity
WASHINGTON — A rift between Democrats and Republicans over health care transparency was on full display…
Opinion: Why physicians should let patients call them by their first names
Stephanie W. Edmonds and Ginny L. Ryan are both doctors. Edmonds, a registered nurse, has…
Asian American doctors, overrepresented in medicine, are largely left out of leadership
For 15 years, orthopedic surgeon Charles S. Day has been working to highlight the striking…
Opinion: How do doctors’ personal political affiliations affect how they care for their patients?
This essay is adapted from “Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors,…