Careers

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.

Raising public awareness and developing concrete solutions about workplace burnout and mental health care in the United States.

Restoring the trusted patient-physician relationship.

Primary care physicians deserve gratitude for their work, says J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA, cofounder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation.

In a number of forums, asking physicians about prior mental health conditions or treatment create barriers to seeking help when they need it.

The cofounder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation discusses the dangers of suffering in silence.

Almost 92% of Americans had health insurance in 2021.

J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA, cofounder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, discusses differences between burnout and depression among health care workers, and why both have been a surprise for the general public, especially before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Physicians are human beings who, like everyone, must manage their own mental health.