Physician Workforce

A bipartisan bill, if renewed, would allow international physicians to stay in the U.S. after residency on the condition that they practice in areas with physician shortages. 

The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released a list of the number of active specialist physicians by state. 

Riverside County supervisors have approved a physician sharing program between California health systems Loma Linda University Health and Moreno Valley-based Riverside University Health System, according to a March 7 report from NBC Palm Springs.

Included in the American Medical Association's Recovery Plan for America's Physicians is a plan to fight "scope creep." 

Children's Hospital of Orange County in Orange, Calif., has expanded its physician wellness program by appointing Anjalee Galion, MD, as its inaugural physician wellness officer.

McComb, Miss.-based Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center has received accreditation for its new family medicine residency program, the Daily Leader reported Feb. 28. 

Cullman (Ala.) Regional Medical Group is seeking 20 new physicians this year to meet population growth demands, the Cullman Times reported Feb. 27. 

Here are eight physician workforce updates Becker's reported on in February:

The University of Arizona Health Sciences is looking to address the physician workforce shortage by launching a primary care physician scholarship program.

Of the 949,658 actively practicing physicians in the U.S., 63 percent have been burned out for 13 months or more — an 11 percent increase from pre-pandemic levels.