A doctor discusses a medical report with nurses in a hospital hallway. Amid a critical shortage of physicians throughout the U.S. and an increase in the number of nurse practitioners with doctorates, ...

Nurses remained the most trusted profession in the U.S., while medical doctors dropped to the fifth spot, according to Gallup's 2023 Honesty and Ethics poll. Out of 23 professions, 78% of surveyed ...

The nurse practitioner will see you now. It’s not the phrase most people are accustomed to hearing, but it’s increasingly the case, with patients more likely than ever to see providers with advanced ...

Four years after it bought Mission Hospital, an 815-bed facility in Asheville, North Carolina, HCA Healthcare is under fire in the region, threatened with a lawsuit by the state attorney general and ...

MOSCOW, Pa.— It’s not the fanciest medical practice — a converted beauty salon inside a home. But it’s where dozens of people in this rural northeastern Pennsylvania community came when they felt sick ...

The largest healthcare strike in Oregon history is on the horizon. About 5,000 Providence doctors and nurses who work at 8 different hospitals around the state could strike at the end of this week. We ...

Pensa, MD, is an emergency physician, consultant, and coach for physicians experiencing litigation stress. She is the creator of the podcast curriculum, "Doctors and Litigation: The L word," and ...