Resident physicians at Boston Medical Center held a rally July 20 to call for better compensation.
Physician Workforce
The physician workforce reached 1,044,734 in 2022, according to a census conducted by the Federation of State Medical Boards and published July 18 in the Journal of Medical Regulation.
The number of physicians working in private practice decreased by 13.4 percent from 60.1 percent in 2012 to 46.7 percent in 2022, according to a report from the American Medical Association.
Resident and fellow physicians at Stanford Health Care in Palo Alto, Calif., held a rally July 19 for better wages and support amid contract negotiations, Palo Alto Online reported July 18.
About 20 percent of the U.S. population lives in a rural area, yet just 11 percent of physicians practice in these regions, according to a report by the Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
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Massachusetts ranked No. 1 among the states and the District of Columbia in terms of health system performance, according to data from the Commonwealth Fund.
While most hospitals recognize physician burnout is a serious problem, many are still in the early stages of addressing it. Here are four steps hospitals can take to push their programs addressing physician burnout further along, according to a July…
A group of emergency physicians at Ascension St. John Hospital in Detroit — along with physician assistants, nurse practitioners and lead advanced practice clinicians — have voted to join the Greater Detroit Association of Emergency Physicians, according to the National…
CNBC recently released two sets of reports ranking the best and worst states to work in.
Here are two ways physicians and health systems can prepare for the next decade of healthcare and cost cutting, according to a July 13 report from the American Medical Association: