Only 5 percent of U.S. adults say a physician or healthcare provider has ever spoken with them about gun safety, according to new research from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Health officials in Arizona are implementing key changes statewide to improve healthcare access for residents in its most rural regions — which the state has a higher percentage of compared to other areas throughout the country.

Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan's Michigan Institute of Clinical & Health Research received $71 million to improve the process of translational research to deliver treatments to patients more quickly.

Sidney Wanzer, MD, pioneering advocate for physician-assisted death, died March 28 at 93.

A 32-year-old nursing student received a dual-organ transplant thanks to her more than 250-person team at Rochester, N.Y.-based Strong Memorial Hospital.

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, one of the nation's largest healthcare providers, released its annual report April 6 detailing its growth, division changes and expansion plans.

As a nephrologist at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine, Aleksandra Gmurczyk, MD, often treats patients with kidney failure, some of whom express distrust in the medical system and skepticism about undergoing kidney transplants.

Retired physicians are donning their white coats once more to help ease staffing shortages, CBS Bay Area reported April 5.

Medical schools are keeping excellent candidates out of the field with unnecessarily competitive application processes, an anonymous physician wrote in an article on MedPage Today's Kevin MD.

Pharma is forging ahead with research and development for new medications, but physicians may not be ready, The Wall Street Journal reported April 5. 

As dozens of hospitals and medical centers close nationwide, St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, Mont., is expanding its services. The Intermountain Health-owned facility will now offer emergency air and ground transport services to its patients in Montana and Wyoming, according to a press release shared with NBC affiliate KULR.

Atrius Health, a practice of 700 primary care and specialty physicians, reduced its inbox volume by 25 percent and eliminated 1,500 clicks a day per physician using an updated workflow strategy.

A teenager posed as a physician assistant at two Corpus Christi, Texas hospitals for nearly a month before being caught, KRIS reported April 3.

Wilson (N.C.) Medical Center has received its third immediate jeopardy citation in under a year,  The News & Observer reported March 31.

A quick email here, a follow-up question there. These informal interactions used to be considered a standard part of care for patients in between physician visits. But the rise in telehealth, for all its benefits, has complicated this. 

Monterey, Calif.-based Montage Health opened a physician well-being center for its physicians.

Seventy-two percent of physicians agree that misinformation has made it harder to treat COVID-19 patients and negatively affected patient outcomes, according to a new poll from Morning Consult.

Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would require hospitals to change their discharge policies for homeless patients, ABC affiliate KATU reported March 28.

Issue Writ Large Hematology tests such as the complete blood count (CBC) often reveal differences in the sizes of red and white blood cells.

For every $1 hospitals spend on Medicare patients, the government pays only 84 cents, research from the American Hospital Association found.