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The future for physicians is changing rapidly. The rise of new technologies, such as telemedicine and artificial intelligence, is challenging traditional roles. Physicians are embracing these new technologies to improve the quality of care, to collaborate with other healthcare professionals, and to communicate effectively with patients. Read the latest here.

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Checklists to screen for patients’ social needs aren’t helping

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More young people should be getting their cholesterol tested and taking statins

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First Opinion Podcast Torie Bosch

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First Opinion Jeffrey Singer

One simple fix for the primary care shortage: assistant physicians

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First Opinion Marc J. Kahn and Paul J. Hauptman

Fix the rural physician shortage by expanding support for resident training

Politics Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: House panel takes first steps toward reining in hospitals with ‘site-neutral’ changes

First Opinion Podcast Torie Bosch

Do chatbots have more time to be empathetic than physicians?

Hospitals Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Envision Healthcare files for bankruptcy

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

A physician’s Mother’s Day gift: reclaimed time with my children — and for myself

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Gail Wilensky on the Geisinger deal, the earnings bonanza, and medical credit cards proliferate

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Why a chatbot might seem more empathetic than a human physician

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Listen: Two medical residents debate their hospital’s unionization drive

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The Global North can’t solve its health care worker shortage by recruiting from the Global South

First Opinion Oliver Kharraz

Long waits to see a doctor are a public health crisis

First Opinion David N. Bernstein

I’m a medical resident. I want to pause the drive to unionize hospital trainees

First Opinion Minali Nigam

I’m a medical resident. Here’s why I think my hospital should unionize

Health Tech Brittany Trang and Casey Ross

STAT Plus: The high hopes — and high stakes — behind Microsoft and Epic’s plan to use AI to answer patient questions

First Opinion S. Scott Graham

STAT Plus: Generative AI’s three possibly insurmountable challenges for health care

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth says medical costs aren’t soaring. The reality is murkier

Health Usha Lee McFarling

In counties with more Black doctors, Black people live longer, ‘astonishing’ study finds

Politics Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Federal group studying surprise ambulance bills will finally meet — four months late

First Opinion Ryan D. Mire

‘Internist’ is a confusing, outdated term. It’s time for a new name

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth’s physician buying spree continues with takeover of Crystal Run

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STAT Plus: Wary of changes to Medicare Advantage, health insurers put up a fight — and exaggerate the stakes

Health Ambar Castillo

‘It’s a universal experience’: Doctor who treats Boston’s homeless population on why community is vital to health

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Virtual Event: Can Tech Fix Primary Care?