Federal Court Upholds California Ban on Nurse Practitioners Using “Doctor” Title in Clinical Settings
Abstract: A September 2025 federal ruling in Palmer et al. v. Bonta et al. upheld ... Read more
Laura Turner
Published on: November 6, 2025
healthcare policy
The “One Big Beautiful Bill”: How New Budget Legislation May Reshape Medical Training and Healthcare Access
A sweeping new federal budget bill, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” became law on ... Read more
SDN Staff
Published on: July 4, 2025
Treating Trans Patients: What You Need to Know
Recently, The Florida Health Department issued guidance intended to prohibit both “social gender transition” and ... Read more
Soren Estvold, MD, MPH
Published on: June 6, 2022
Improving the Process of Healthcare Delivery
Evidence-based medicine is the application of a rigorous scientific standard in the practice of a ... Read more
Samuel Williams, MD
Published on: April 28, 2022
How Healthcare Equity Impacts Patient Care
As an undergraduate studying health education, I was first exposed to the lack of equity ... Read more
Eboni Peoples
Published on: March 4, 2021
How Healthcare Policy Affects Your Future Career As An OT
Change in the world of healthcare is not uncommon. From new treatment methods and devices ... Read more
Brittany Ferri
Published on: November 20, 2018
Serving the Underserved: Course Focuses on the Health Effects of Poverty
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) sits in the heart of Memphis, one ... Read more
Stacy Smith
Published on: November 7, 2017
What You Should Know: The Pros and Cons of Medical Marijuana
What You Should Know is an ongoing series covering a range of informational topics relevant ... Read more
Brian Wu
Published on: January 19, 2016
To Practice Pure or Not to Practice Pure, That is the Question
If Hamlet were a physician...
John F. Hunt, MD
Published on: March 25, 2014
A U.S. Medical Student’s Experience in Germany
An American medical student compares his experience with the German health care system to health care in the U.S.
Andrew Nguyen
Published on: December 19, 2013