Physician Workforce

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 —…

Numerous disruptors are currently shaping a new era of physician consolidation, as private practice continues to decline amid heightened corporatization in healthcare.  Here are three current disruptors in the physician consolidation space: Consolidation by large, integrated health systems and hospitals …

Over an eight-year span, the number of physicians employed by hospitals nearly doubled, and that shift has come at a cost, according to a recent study. Published in July 2025 by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the study analyzed…

As physicians and other clinicians in Generation Z make their way into healthcare, there are numerous ways that they are shifting the culture of medicine, according to an opinion article published in Medscape July 9.  Here are 10 takeaways from…

Pay gaps across gender, race and ethnicity are still present in medicine, according to a July 8 report published by Medscape. The report, titled “Comparing Your Pay Against Your Peers: Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2025,” surveyed 7,322 physicians across more…

A wave of political and economic shifts over the last several months could be setting the scene for a possible migration of physicians out of the U.S. Several recent data points and reports shed light on growing interest in migration…

Two physicians claim that they are facing retaliation from their employer, Cleveland-based University Hospitals, for their efforts to organize UH physicians, Cleveland.com reported June 24.  Lauren Beene, MD, and Valerie Fouts-Fowler, DO, both pediatricians and leaders of pro-union group Concerned…

Here are three updates on unionization efforts by physicians and other healthcare workers since June 1, 2025: 1. Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers began an open-ended strike June 18 at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland (Calif.) and its satellite…

Many resident physicians are struggling to pay for child care and other living expenses as these costs outpace their earnings, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open and reported by the American Medical Association on June 11. Here…

In a time when physicians are under numerous pressures — from declining reimbursement rates to staffing shortages and shifting healthcare policy — two physicians joined Becker’s to share what they think is the biggest misconception about being a physician.  Editor’s…