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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

In fact, hospitals, clinics, and other facilities are already reeling from a shortage of providers and it’s hurting patients— according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortages of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals.

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Drugs Vs. Digital Therapeutics – A Digital Symbiosis

The Medical Futurist

But there is another upside: it allows a certain kind of privacy, bringing treatments to the patients’ homes, and removing stigmas typically connected to a number of therapies, either in substance abuse care or in mental health. ” These impressive figures show what traditional and digital therapeutics together can do.

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Health and Safety During LGBTQ+ Pride Month

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

This is a time when lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people and allies alike unite to support each other, strengthen the community, and celebrate themselves and others with parades and joyous events. The stigma creates serious problems and the judgment that those in the community experience every day is exhausting.

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‘We Need To Keep Fighting’: HIV Activists Organize To Save Lives as Trump Guts Funding

Physician's Weekly

Dangerous changes loomed: To compensate for tax cuts for the wealthy, Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill and budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 threaten to curtail Medicaid, which provides health coverage for people with low incomes and disabilities. Although churches in the U.S. One such group is Sturdevant’s.

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Green Practice News – The Climate Issue June 2025

My Green Doctor

In the United States, extreme weather events and air pollution are already costing the healthcare system over $820 billion annually. In India, rising temperatures are projected to slash outdoor labor productivity by 15% by 2050, compounding public health and economic stress. But this is not only a European story.

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Episode 213: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 13 – Centering Asian Americans: Racism, Violence, and Health

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Content Warning: This episode contains themes of violence, trauma-induced mental health concerns, and brief mentions of suicide. Understand how engaged community-based work, centered on trust and accountability, has supported the health of communities served by Oakland, CA’s Asian Health Service.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

And now what we have all been waiting for, our keynote speaker on today’s theme of mental health. Fed up with assembly-line medicine Dr. Wible held town hall meetings and she invited citizens in her community to design their own ideal clinic. I think it’s a label that people turn to because of mental health stigma.

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