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A new study found female patients (8.15%) had a lower mortality rate when treated by female physicians than male physicians (8.38%).

A new study of over 776,000 patients found that those who were treated by women physicians had lower mortality and readmission rates than those who consulted male physicians.

Objective To determine whether patient-surgeon gender concordance is associated with mortality of patients after surgery in the United States. Design Retrospective observational study. Setting Acute care hospitals in the US. Participants 100% of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65-99 years who had one of 14 major elective or non-elective (emergent or urgent) surgeries in 2016-19. Main outcome measures Mortality after surgery, defined as death within 30 days of the operation. Adjustmen...

Using an innovative method for measuring doctor turnover, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers determined that between 2010 and 2018, the annual rate at which physicians left their practices increased by 43 percent, from 5.3 percent to 7.6 percent a year.

Doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs) approach treating and preventing illness more holistically, and provide the same quality of care as allopathic doctors (MDs).

New UCLA-led research suggests that patient mortality rates, readmissions, length of stay, and health care spending were virtually identical for elderly hospitalized patients who were treated by physicians with Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degrees.

Observational study suggests no important differences for patient mortality in the hospital

Vertical integration may impact some aspects of care for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Sarah Martin-Cua, director, workforce management, UPMC Center for Nursing Excellence Faith Colen, director of quality and patient safety, UPMC St. Margaret Joyelle Bateman, manager of infection control and clinical education, The Jewish Association on Aging Shannon Tully, intensive care nurse, AHN Forbes Hospital Leadership Kelli Tamewitz, administrator, Bridges Hospice Lauren Gorman, unit director, ICU, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Linda Dudas, unit director, OB Specialties, UPMC Magee-Womens Ho...