Physician Workforce

Here are seven updates on unionization efforts at hospitals, health systems and medical groups in September, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Nurses at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., have been exploring whether to…

Clinical practice attrition increased between 2013 and 2019, according to a longitudinal study published in Annals of Internal Medicine Oct. 7.  The study evaluated responses from 712,395 physicians who provided care to Medicare patients over the course of six years. …

Physician leadership takes on different meanings across different specialties and care settings, exemplifying the broad skillset that physicians are capable of adapting to and cultivating.  Adam Fritz, DMSc, chief clinical officer of Overland Park, Kan.-based Aria Care Partners, recently joined…

As new technologies like AI and machine learning change the way that medicine is practiced across healthcare settings, clinical leaders are paying close attention to the skills that will be valued and needed over the next five years. Four clinicians…

Here are 11 updates on unionization efforts at hospitals, health systems and medical groups in August, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Nurses at UP Health System-Marquette, who are represented by the Michigan Nurses Association, reached a tentative labor contract on…

Ascension Wisconsin has abandoned a plan to outsource some of its intensive care unit physicians days before it was set to go into effect Sept. 1.  According to a statement shared with Becker’s the plan would have brought in critical…

A new Texas law went into effect Sept. 1, aiming to address a projected shortage of more than 10,000 physicians in the state over the next several years, particularly in rural areas, KERA News reported Aug. 27. Under previous law,…

About half of physicians feel positively about unionization, according to Medscape’s “Do Doctors See Organized Labor as an Answer? Medscape How Physicians View Unions Report 2025,” released Aug. 15.  The survey includes responses collected from 1,571 physicians between March 19…

The relationship between physicians and their patients is often thought of as the basis of the practice of medicine.  But as healthcare becomes more corporatized, expensive and inaccessible, some physicians have observed a shift from what was once a relationship…

A physicians’ approach to medical practice and patient care was once thought of as highly personal, almost sacrosanct.  However, increasing corporatization among physicians, as well as other economic and regulatory pressures in healthcare, have started to strain physicians’ autonomy and…