Physician Workforce

Only 34 percent of Americans have visited their primary care provider within the last year, according to a survey conducted by OnePoll for Assurance IQ.

94.6 percent of hospitals have been addressing physician shortages through telemedicine programs, according to the results of the Eagle 2023 Telemedicine Adoption Survey.

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.