Physician Workforce

Here are 14 petitions for unionization, strikes, contract deals and other developments in the healthcare workforce that occurred in March, as reported by Becker’s:  1. The more than 475 registered nurses and healthcare workers at BMC South in Brockton, Mass.,…

Chapel Hill-based The University of North Carolina System has awarded more than $6.4 million in state-funded grants to support the growth of its rural hospitals and rural workforce training programs. According to an April 29 news release, the funding comes…

While unionization among healthcare workers and non-physician providers is a familiar phenomenon, resident physicians and fellows joining unions has only grown in recent years. “Physician unionization has massively increased since 2020, especially among interns and residents,” Rebecca Givan, PhD, associate…

Physicians in residency and fellowship training programs are seeing improvements in burnout and overall satisfaction, according to the American Medical Association’s “National Resident Comparison Report.” The survey includes responses from more than 3,000 resident and fellow physicians across 20 states…

While a national ban on noncompetes at the federal level remains highly unlikely under the current Federal Trade Commission leadership, states have begun regulating the contracting practice on their own — resulting in a national patchwork of laws and regulations. …

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…