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Dr. Hesham Sadek earns $7.5M NIH grant for heart research
Hesham Sadek, MD, PhD, a physician at Dallas-based University of Texas Southwestern, received the outstanding investigator award from the National Institutes of Health for his research on heart failure treatments.
How COVID-19 impacted physician work-life happiness
About 37 percent of physicians said that their work-life happiness has been significantly impacted by COVID-19 in the last year, according to Medscape’s “Physician Burnout and Depression Report” for 2023, which surveyed over 9,100 practicing physicians…
How to build a resilient health system
One of the most effective ways to reduce physician burnout and promote physician well-being is to build a resilient health system, according to a Jan. 30 report from the American Medical Association.
UNC Health plans to add 8 to 10 medical office buildings
Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina Health plans to add eight to 10 medical office buildings on its Eastowne campus, which opened in March 2021, according to a Jan. 30 report from chapelboro.com.
Remote cardiology monitor Implicity expands international presence
Cambridge, Mass.-based Implicity, a medtech company providing remote care solutions for cardiac patients, plans to expand internationally through a new partnership with the German Society for Cardiologists in Private Practice.
Pharmaceutical company taps former FDA gastroenterology director
Pharmaceutical company Jaguar Health added Andrew Mulberg, MD, former deputy director of the division of gastroenterology and inborn errors products at the FDA, as a consultant.
Physician burnout by practice setting
Fifty-seven percent of physicians practicing in outpatient clinics reported experiencing burnout, according to Medscape’s 2023 “U.S. Physician Burnout and Depression Report.”
What would help physicians with burnout?
Forty-five percent of physicians said increased compensation would help with burnout, according to Medscape’s 2023 “U.S. Physician Burnout and Depression Report.”
How are physicians coping with burnout?
Sixty-three percent of physicians reported being burned out for 13 months or more, according to a survey published Jan. 27 by Medscape.
ASC Administrator of the Week: Amy Noble, 'a dedicated leader'
Amy Noble, practice administrator of the Center for Pain Control and Wyomissing Surgical Services, both in Wyomissing, Pa., is Becker’s ASC Administrator of the Week.
