Careers

Physician leader Atul Gawande believes that as treatment options proliferate for cancer care and other serious illnesses, it will create a new challenge: patient communication about quality of life.

A slideshow on how much time practices spent on prior authorizations in 2018.

Reflect on these elements of burnout and see if you can relate.

More than half of all family physicians report some level of burnout, and only a third say they are happy in their work.

A slideshow with tips for addressing the gender pay gap in medicine

Technology can serve a higher purpose in healthcare by enabling clinicians to easily communicate and share information without having to taking time away from patient care.

A slideshow of the biggest challenges facing primary care in 2018. 

This exclusive, annual report provides data from your peers about the state of physician’s today, and timely strategies you can use to run a more efficient practice and improve patient care.

Why female physicians make less, and how to fix it. 

Plotting a financial path to practice success

A slideshow on how much physicians earn

A slideshow with a breakdown of median annual premiums

A slideshow with data on physician productivity and medical practice staff 

A slideshow about the survey respondents

A slideshow on the financial state of practices

Loneliness is a quiet epidemic causing loud health impacts on patients and physicians. 

Primary care physicians are trapped in a non-sustainable business model.

The patients’ needs cannot always win-and often don’t.

Physicians are thinking outside the box early in their careers.

In addition to helping patients better manage chronic, difficult-to-treat conditions, mindfulness could help physicians manage job stress and burnout.

One medical group’s path to freedom lights the way for others.

One of the many dangers of job burnout 

We seem tired, unhealthy, and worse off than some of the patients asking us for help. Despite what you may think, complex and costly care didn’t zap our energy. The fatigue we feel comes from a lack of balance and connection in our own life.

How the system works against you -and what to do about it.

Here are the issues that annoy and frustrate doctors and get in the way of treating patients and running practices.

Four physicians allege ABIM is illegally tying its initial certification to MOC.

Take our poll: Do you feel burned out as a physician? 

MOC costs and requirements ranks 9th on the list of issues ruining medicine for physicians.

Physician transformation is possible with concierge medicine.

Some physicians may regret their career choice, but there are still ways to have fulfilling careers in medicine.