Physician Workforce

Here are seven strikes that involve hospitals and health systems that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 3:

California has the most active physicians of any state, according to May data from KFF:

David Robbins, MD, gastroenterologist at New York City-based Northwell Health, joined Becker's to discuss noncompetes and the hardest choices he's had to make as a physician. 

There are 1,077,115 active physicians in the U.S., according to May data from KFF.

Nevada is the state with the lowest projected physician competition by 2023, according to personal finance website WalletHub.

Here are six hospitals and health systems cutting jobs that Becker's has reported on in August:

Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., are adding to the growing list of more than 20 health systems that are charging for EHR messages looking for medical advice.

A recent report used proxy statements from S&P 500 companies filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to compare CEO compensation to their average worker's compensation. The ratios were sorted by the state where the company is based and averaged. 

Despite the growing number of older Americans, the number of board-certified geriatricians in the U.S. dropped from 10,270 in 2000 to 7,413 in 2022, according to the American Board of Medical Specialties.

The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center received a three-year, $750,000 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to support the training of family medicine residents in rural settings.