Rhode Island does not have the primary care capacity to meet the needs of the more than 1.1 million people who live here. Strategic proposals are on the table to help attract and retain primary care physicians, but the issue is more than simply not having enough of them. Every visit now carries more weight, […]
Dr. Kylie Cooper, a maternal-fetal medicine physician, practices in Minnesota after she left Idaho in the spring of 2023, shortly after Idaho’s criminal abortion ban went into effect. Although it has been nearly three years since she left, Cooper retained her Idaho medical license, she said. “I have a sliver of hope that maybe things […]
In 2022, when Dan McKee and Helena Buonanno Foulkes first squared off for the democratic gubernatorial nomination, opioids didn’t get a lot of airtime. Aside from a few high-profile moments — a jab in a debate by candidate Daniel Munoz, a controversial TV ad where the McKee campaign claimed Foulkes had made money “pumping opioids […]
St. Peter’s Health and Billings Clinic-Logan Health announced a non-merger partnership on Tuesday, aiming to exchange specialists to keep Montana patients closer to home and reduce physician burnout.
"Removing locally based pediatric intensive care capacity sends a troubling message about the value placed on the health of our youngest and most vulnerable residents.”
(The Center Square) – The University of Minnesota, Fairview Health Services and University of Minnesota Physicians have finalized agreements establishing a new 10-year partnership that supporters say will strengthen Minnesota's healthcare system.
(The Center Square) – Illinois State Rep. Bill Hauter, a Republican physician and graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, sharply criticized reports that the school is promoting “equitable assessments” in medical education.
