Careers

When office or medical staff leave for better pay.

Patient care may be the most common career path for physicians, but it isn't the only one out there.

In this day and age, overworking has become the norm, but that doesn’t mean it should be.

Market forces are affecting how physicians can find and keep staff.

Survey shows that 64% of Americans would vote for their physicians if they were on the ballot

A misconception physicians have is that their patients are not looking for a different type of care. However, research shows this couldn’t be further from the truth.

Primary care physicians are overworked, and patients are going elsewhere for care. Experts say help is on its way for primary care in the United States — but so is an onslaught of new demands.

Secure communications platforms can help reduce the hassle of trying to communicate with physicians, other care providers, staff, and patients.

Because practicing medicine in 2022 looks very different than practicing medicine 40 or even 20 years ago, younger doctors are setting different priorities for their careers than their older peers.

Seven priority areas established to strengthen the health care workforce

Know the market and be reasonable when requesting changes.

Demand for docs is higher than ever, but physicians are fleeing burnout

Part two of our occasional series on physician retirement planning.

Focusing on details like hiring, supplying and marketing for your practice are key.

Local level data needed to understand gaps in services, analyst says.

Despite prevalence, few institutions have formal programs for addressing burnout.

Opening a new medical practice can be intimidating. Opening as direct care does remove some of the hassle.

Physicians should consider legalities as scope of practice laws change around the country.

Recognizing it’s a problem is first step to making changes that help workforce, patients and the bottom line.

Pay is important, but culture is crucial for recruiting and retaining staff.

Provider population not keeping up with general population growth in some parts of the country.

Feds to revise questions about COVID-19 effects on jobless rate and will ask about telework.

A large, complex health care system takes a long time to change with actions from multiple people.

The 2022 Physicians Foundation survey found 80% of physicians feel there is stigma attached to physicians seeking mental health care.

Physician burnout is “very disturbing,” “quite worrisome,” and “a crisis” in U.S. health care, according to three leaders of the Physicians Foundation.

Health care systems will change when more leaders realize how expensive it is to replace physicians who leave because of poor workplace conditions.

A conversation on physician well-being

Making electronic health records more user friendly, while adding to physician flexibility and autonomy, are practical solutions that could reduce physician burnout.

Physicians have analyzed conditions that contribute to workplace burnout – but corrections have been slow to come.

Gary Price, MD, MBA, president of The Physicians Foundation, reacts to a new Foundation survey finding that 62% of physicians feel some symptoms of job-related burnout.