Doctors /tags/doctors Doctors en-US Copyright Wed, 01 May 2024 13:03:22 GMT Doctors vs. hospitals: A bid to regulate hedge funds is dividing California medical groups /health-and-medicine/2024-05-01/doctors-vs-hospitals-a-bid-to-regulate-hedge-funds-is-dividing-california-medical-groups Some of the most influential and wealthy groups in California politics are squaring off over legislation that would give California’s attorney general oversight of private equity firms and hedge funds acquiring major health care institutions. Wed, 01 May 2024 13:03:22 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-05-01/doctors-vs-hospitals-a-bid-to-regulate-hedge-funds-is-dividing-california-medical-groups Ryan Sabalow They work 80 hours a week for low pay. Now, California’s early-career doctors are joining unions /labor-employment/2024-04-08/they-work-80-hours-a-week-for-low-pay-now-californias-early-career-doctors-are-joining-unions Medical residents have a grueling job, typically working 60 to 80 hours a week. Now, early-career doctors at several California hospitals are forming unions as they press for better pay and working conditions. Mon, 08 Apr 2024 21:42:10 GMT /labor-employment/2024-04-08/they-work-80-hours-a-week-for-low-pay-now-californias-early-career-doctors-are-joining-unions Kristen Hwang Parts of Siskiyou County make list for longterm doctor shortages /health-and-medicine/2024-02-12/parts-of-siskiyou-county-make-list-for-longterm-doctor-shortages Over 1,000 locations across the country have shortages of primary care doctors. A recent report says that includes parts of Siskiyou County. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 23:40:19 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-02-12/parts-of-siskiyou-county-make-list-for-longterm-doctor-shortages Justin Higginbottom California’s medical board can’t pay its bills, but doctors resist proposed fixes /health-and-medicine/2023-08-27/californias-medical-board-cant-pay-its-bills-but-doctors-resist-proposed-fixes Patient advocates have long alleged the Medical Board of California is ineffective at policing doctors. But a proposal to beef up its budget and overhaul procedures faces stiff resistance from the doctors' lobby. Sun, 27 Aug 2023 14:44:01 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-08-27/californias-medical-board-cant-pay-its-bills-but-doctors-resist-proposed-fixes Annie Sciacca / KHN Health care workers facing violence on the job ask hospital systems, politicians for help /labor-employment/2023-08-11/health-care-workers-facing-violence-on-the-job-ask-hospital-systems-politicians-for-help The recent on-the-job deaths of a Portland hospital security guard and a Gresham mental health aide have put a fresh spotlight on the violence that many working in health care experience routinely. Sat, 12 Aug 2023 00:50:27 GMT /labor-employment/2023-08-11/health-care-workers-facing-violence-on-the-job-ask-hospital-systems-politicians-for-help Amelia Templeton California’s Covid misinformation law is entangled in lawsuits, conflicting rulings /health-and-medicine/2023-03-20/californias-covid-misinformation-law-is-entangled-in-lawsuits-conflicting-rulings A new California law meant to discipline doctors who give patients false information about covid-19 is now in legal limbo after two federal judges issued conflicting rulings in recent lawsuits. Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:44:01 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-03-20/californias-covid-misinformation-law-is-entangled-in-lawsuits-conflicting-rulings Bernard J. Wolfson/KHN