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.
Savvy student loan repayment tips for physicians in training
Don’t ignore your loans — come up with a plan instead.
What has COVID taught us about the physician shortage in the U.S.?
A bad problem got even worse as the pandemic swept through the country.
Walgreens invests $5.2 billion in VillageMD to provide primary care in-store
The investment will boost the number of VillageMD locations to 600 by 2025 and to 1,000 by 2027.
The best states for physicians in 2021: The complete ranking
What are the best states for physicians to practice in? Find out in Physicians Practice®’s Best States to Practice 2021 exclusive data project.
Listen up! How physicians can become better listeners
The average physician interrupts a patient every 11 seconds.
Covid exacerbates physician shortage
The physician shortage means doctors face increasing burnout rates, loss of autonomy, and greater financial threats from non-physician practitioners
Advice for physicians when giving negative feedback
Providing negative feedback is different than discussing a bad prognosis with a patient.
Top 10 socially responsible hospitals in the U.S.
Many well-known hospitals were not included in the Lown Institute rankings.
Reduce the risk of moving toward risk
Experienced partners can help guide organizations through the quality contract options that best match their strengths and goals.
8 things you must do to fire a practice employee
Letting someone go is never easy, but here are key tips to handle it the right way.
What is the solution to burnout? Here’s what physicians told us
Physicians provided their ideas to solve the burnout crisis.
How burnout has affected physicians’ careers, in their own words
As part of the 3rd annual Medical Economics Physician Burnout survey, we asked physicians to tell us how burnout has affected their own career.
Physician salaries: Which specialties have the highest growth?
How 21 specialties compare, ranked by level of growth.
How practice culture affects physician burnout
A new study suggests that reducing burnout requires an organization-level response — creating medical practice cultures that value qualities such as teamwork, open communications and process improvement.
The true cost of physician burnout
Health care organizations still struggle with how to address one of medicine’s biggest problems.
Improving doctors bargaining position in salary and contract negotiations
How doctors can level the playing field for salary and contract negotiations.
Physician wellness after COVID-19: Steps to get back to normalcy
There are steps doctors can take to improve our mental well-being as we continue to navigate the post-pandemic world.
What does the future hold for physicians?
One physician's opinion on what may be coming down the road when it comes to health care.
The Infinite flame: Financial planning and positive psychology team up to treat burnout
Amassing wealth is an important factor to a successful financial plan, but should that really be the goal and the definition of a winning plan?
A physician's guide to restrictive covenants
The importance of well-drafted provisions.
Is there a good ratio for physicians to use between debt repayment and retirement investing?
Your overall debt load and interest rate level will help determine the right strategy.
Top 16 physician base salaries in 2021, ranked by specialty
The rankings are based on base salary or guaranteed income offered by recruiters, and does not include production bonuses or benefits.
An investment in your employees today will keep your practice healthy for years to come
More than half of healthcare workers don’t feel optimistic about the future
Want to take a month off and go traveling? Become a moonlighting physician
Can moonlighting lead to career freedom?
Addressing physician mental health
Using the examples of Olympic athletes Simone Biles and Michael Phelps to talk about physician mental health.
Is focusing on debt repayment over saving for retirement a mistake?
Waiting too long to focus on retirement can derail long-term goals.
Physician wellness post-pandemic
Steps to getting back to normalcy
The missing variable: The effect of physician replacements on healthcare spending
It’s time for health policy experts—and the public—to wake up and question whether replacing physicians with nonphysician practitioners is healthy for the state of our nation.
Survey: Faith in primary care’s survival wanes as physician fatigue sets in
Nearly half of respondents worry primary care will be no more in five years.
Gender bias in medicine: 5 examples, and what physicians can do about it
How to identify gender bias so you can ensure all patients are cared for equally.