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I hadn't expected the tears. My primary care doctor and I were saying goodbye after nearly 30 years together.

Tennessee’s suicide rate is the highest it has been in five years, and according to a study by The Physicians Foundation, these health care workers die by suicide at twice the rate of the general population.

Senator Josh Newman’s bill to make personal protective equipment (PPE) more accessible to health care workers was left pending “for future consideration” by California Assembly Health Committee Chair Jim Wood after its hearing on Thursday. Newman is sponsoring SB 242 in response to challenges faced by small and medium providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, during which the need for PPE increased while its cost skyrocketed.   Newman introduced his bill to the committee: “During the cur...

New Resource Helps Physicians Prepare Before a Mental Health Crisis Arises The Physicians Foundation Releases a Personal Crisis Management Plan for Physicians to Help Prevent Physician Suicide News provided by Share this article Share this article BOSTON, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Physicians Foundation today launched A Personal Crisis Management Plan to help physicians navigate their mental health needs. As part of the Foundations Vital Signs initiative, the plan was created to help ph...

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The unprecedented surge in shares and home values during an economic crisis is easing the retirement path for those who have savings and investments.

More Americans are considering retirement because of COVID BLOOMBERG Print After a year of early morning Zoom calls, the specter of a deadly virus and soaring stock and real estate values, working American baby boomers who can afford it plan to get out while the gettings good. About 2.7 million Americans age 55 or older are contemplating retirement years earlier than theyd imagined because of the pandemic, government data show. Theyre more likely to be White, a group that typically has a larger...

Can independent primary care doctors survive dominance of hospital health systems? Cloe Poisson :: C-HIT.ORG Dr. Khuram Ghumman asks patient Tully Zorick, 5, to hop on one foot during a check up at East Granby Family Practice, LLC where he is in private practice. Dr. Ghumman takes care of the entire Zorick family. Every day, Dr. Leslie Miller of Fairfield thinks about selling her practice to a hospital health system. “Everybody who is in this environment thinks every day of throwing in the to...

Sponsored Story By StoryStudio April 1, 2021 4:35 pm (BPT) – In the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, many areas of the country banned nonessential medical procedures in an effort to slow the spread of the disease. As a result, many physicians saw fewer patients for routine medical care, such as physical exams and screenings. A recent survey by The Physicians Foundation polled 3,513 physicians and found 41% saw volume decreases of 26% or more in their practices. The impact on cancer scr...

CT hospital systems increasingly buying private medical practices Peggy McCarthy, Conn. Health I-Team WriterConn. Health I-Team Writer April 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Dr. Khuram Ghumman directs patient Carlos Padilla where to look as he checks his eyes during an annual physical at East Granby Family Practice, LLC where he is in private practice.Conn. Health I-Team / Cloe PoissonShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Primary care practitioners in hospital systems’ practices of 30 or more doctors inc...