If implemented appropriately, health IT can help improve health care providers' performance, better communication between patients and providers, and enhance...

The Institute of Medicine released Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard for Care, a report that describes a detailed plan to facilitate the development of...

With more than 3 million members, the nursing profession is the largest segment of the nation’s health care workforce. Working on the front lines of patient...

Medical residency in the United States aims to prepare recent medical school graduates to practice medicine independently. One fundamental requirement of resident...

This report from the Institute of Medicine lays out a comprehensive strategy by which government, health care providers, industry, and consumers can reduce...

This report from the Institute of Medicine makes an urgent call for fundamental change to close the quality gap, recommends a redesign of the American health care...

The Physician Health First portal was created by the American Academy of Family Physicians to help physicians with their well-being and professional satisfaction....

Published in AAMC News, the following article, authored by Darrell Kirch, MD, details the Association of American Medical College's (AAMC's) commitment to...

Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the following editorial, authored by Victor J. Dzau, MD, Darrell G. Kirch, MD, and Thomas J. Nasca, MD, provides...

The following discussion paper from the National Academy of Medicine sets forth a multi-prong approach to wellness that touches on education, mentorship, positive...