Physician Workforce

Foreign-born or trained physicians in the U.S. have been navigating an increasingly uncertain future as a new wave of visa regulations and immigration policies complicate their practice.  Here are six recent developments shaping the foreign-trained physician workforce in the U.S.:…

Burnout is a phrase that has permeated conversations around strain and shortages in the physician workforce for years — but it may not fully capture what physicians are experiencing within the systems they work.  “I think it’s on the continuum,”…

Here are 13 petitions for unionization, strikes, contract deals and other developments in the healthcare workforce that occurred in March, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Registered nurses at six Tenet Healthcare facilities in California ratified a new three-year labor contract…

As hospitals and health systems grow larger and more powerful, renewed efforts to scrutinize transactions may protect physicians’ jobs—while new visa regulations and an aging workforce put pressure on those currently in practice. Here are five recent developments shaking up…

Physicians with disabilities are more than twice as likely to consider leaving medicine and nearly twice as likely to reduce or pause clinical practice compared with peers who do not have disabilities, according to a study published in JAMA Network…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is urging shareholders to reject a proposal to be voted upon in an April 23 shareholder election that would require the company to disclose the health consequences of its hospital acquisitions, including staffing levels, physician departures…

Lubbock-based Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Texas Tech Physicians have issued a notice of termination for the commercial and Medicare Advantage participation agreement with UnitedHealthcare, Everything Lubbock.com reported March 23.  The termination date for the contract is March…

The Canadian province of British Columbia has recruited more than 400 U.S.-trained healthcare professionals through a targeted campaign, according to a March 23 report by ABC affiliate KATU.  The $5 million campaign, launched in March 2025 with a marketing push…

The National Residency Match Program has released its results for the 2026 appointment year, its largest in the program’s 42-year history with more than 15,000 applicants.  Four new subspecialties joined the Specialties Matching Service, including bone and soft tissue pathology,…

The physician workforce is facing an array of challenges in the year ahead as the U.S. faces a  projected shortage of 141,160 full-time equivalent physicians in 2038, according to a December report from the Health Resources and Services Administration. From…