June 20th 2025
Maine, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Oklahoma lawmakers approve new rules; PA organization says momentum is building for the profession.
June 19th 2025
Attrition rates highlight gaps in socioeconomic diversity and equity within physician pipeline.
June 12th 2025
The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025 would add 14,000 Medicare-support training slots over seven years and codify rural residency support.
Doctors should not have to choose between mental health care and their career
June 10th 2025
The American Medical Association’s House of Delegates moves to ease compliance burdens, protect exam-takers and equip residents as advocates.
Who’s competing with physicians for nurses?
Hospitals need to fill their nursing ranks.
Who’s competing with physicians for office workers?
When office or medical staff leave for better pay.
Five career options for physicians beyond practicing
Patient care may be the most common career path for physicians, but it isn't the only one out there.
7 Ways to find more work-life balance as a physician
In this day and age, overworking has become the norm, but that doesn’t mean it should be.
It’s a challenge to recruit and retain support staff
Market forces are affecting how physicians can find and keep staff.
Tired of being a physician? Run for congress
Survey shows that 64% of Americans would vote for their physicians if they were on the ballot
Bootcamp Fall 2022: Debunking the myths of membership medicine
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.
Is primary care in critical condition?
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.
Why improving communication can reduce physician burnout
Secure communications platforms can help reduce the hassle of trying to communicate with physicians, other care providers, staff, and patients.
What do younger doctors want from their 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.
National plan aims to boost health care worker wellbeing
Seven priority areas established to strengthen the health care workforce
Three ways to better negotiate your physician employment contract
Know the market and be reasonable when requesting changes.
Report: Burnout driving physicians from their jobs
Demand for docs is higher than ever, but physicians are fleeing burnout
Preparing financially for retirement, part 2
Part two of our occasional series on physician retirement planning.
Logistics and marketing your direct care practice
Focusing on details like hiring, supplying and marketing for your practice are key.
15 metropolitan areas with the most primary care physicians per 100,000 people
Local level data needed to understand gaps in services, analyst says.
MGMA 2022: Burnout among doctors continuing to rise, survey finds
Despite prevalence, few institutions have formal programs for addressing burnout.
Opening your business as a direct care practice
Opening a new medical practice can be intimidating. Opening as direct care does remove some of the hassle.
MGMA 2022: What duties can medical assistants take on? Some principles for delegating
Physicians should consider legalities as scope of practice laws change around the country.
MGMA 2022: Organizational changes, U.S. health care revisions needed to alleviate physician burnout
Recognizing it’s a problem is first step to making changes that help workforce, patients and the bottom line.
MGMA 2022: Emotional intelligence part of creating a thriving medical practice
Pay is important, but culture is crucial for recruiting and retaining staff.
15 metropolitan areas most undersupplied for behavioral health providers per 100,000 people
Provider population not keeping up with general population growth in some parts of the country.
Health care leads job growth for September as national unemployment rate drops to 3.5%
Feds to revise questions about COVID-19 effects on jobless rate and will ask about telework.
Changes to alleviate burnout in medicine have taken time
A large, complex health care system takes a long time to change with actions from multiple people.
Surprise – 20% of physicians feel there is no stigma in seeking mental health care
The 2022 Physicians Foundation survey found 80% of physicians feel there is stigma attached to physicians seeking mental health care.
Physician roundtable: Burnout continues to escalate
Physician burnout is “very disturbing,” “quite worrisome,” and “a crisis” in U.S. health care, according to three leaders of the Physicians Foundation.
Burnout is pervasive, unacceptable and expensive
Health care systems will change when more leaders realize how expensive it is to replace physicians who leave because of poor workplace conditions.
Wellbeing checkup: Burnout, depression, suicide
A conversation on physician well-being
Streamlining electronic health records could help with physician burnout
Making electronic health records more user friendly, while adding to physician flexibility and autonomy, are practical solutions that could reduce physician burnout.
Physician burnout and depression: a distinction, and some good news
Physicians have analyzed conditions that contribute to workplace burnout – but corrections have been slow to come.