Physician Workforce

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…

Physicians’ dress code directly affects patients’ perceptions of professionalism, trust and communication, according to a study published in The BMJ.  The study, a systematic review of studies from PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar from January 2015 to June…

Internal medicine is the most in-demand physician specialty, according to Doximity’s “Physician Compensation Report 2025.” Doximity examined data from about 230,000 survey responses over the past six years, including responses from 37,000 U.S. physicians in 2024.

The consolidation of physicians by hospitals, health systems and private equity-backed investment groups is at an all-time high — leaving many providers wondering what the future of independence and autonomy in healthcare looks like.  Easwar Sundaram Jr., MD, president of…

Here are 15 updates on unionization efforts at hospitals, health systems and medical groups in July:  1. Clinic nurses and advanced practice providers at Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health — all of whom are members of the Minnesota Nurses Association —…