What do physicians need to counter burnout and misinformation? Time with patients

So many postnominal letters, so little room on ID badges and business cards.

Rural docs say they need help as 'adequate' physician presence becomes the exception, not the norm.

The physician and health tech executive will argue that patients labeled "hard to reach" were never the problem.

Residents keep getting raises. From rent and child care to a new federal cap on medical school loans, these 10 figures show why many still can't make the math work.

Adding more tasks right now with no explanation is a formula for clinician burnout.

An AI system that simulates a panel of physicians reached the correct diagnosis in about 80% of test cases, compared with 36% to 47% for generalist physicians, though researchers caution the results come from a controlled, text-only benchmark rather than real-world practice.

From opt-out handling and consent records to encryption and carrier registration, here's what a compliant patient texting system needs and the questions to ask before choosing a vendor.