Careers

The physician shortage means doctors face increasing burnout rates, loss of autonomy, and greater financial threats from non-physician practitioners

Providing negative feedback is different than discussing a bad prognosis with a patient.

Many well-known hospitals were not included in the Lown Institute rankings.

Experienced partners can help guide organizations through the quality contract options that best match their strengths and goals.

Letting someone go is never easy, but here are key tips to handle it the right way.

Physicians provided their ideas to solve the burnout crisis.

As part of the 3rd annual Medical Economics Physician Burnout survey, we asked physicians to tell us how burnout has affected their own career.

How 21 specialties compare, ranked by level of growth.

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.

Health care organizations still struggle with how to address one of medicine’s biggest problems.

How doctors can level the playing field for salary and contract negotiations.

There are steps doctors can take to improve our mental well-being as we continue to navigate the post-pandemic world.

One physician's opinion on what may be coming down the road when it comes to health care.

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?

The importance of well-drafted provisions.

Your overall debt load and interest rate level will help determine the right strategy.

The rankings are based on base salary or guaranteed income offered by recruiters, and does not include production bonuses or benefits.

More than half of healthcare workers don’t feel optimistic about the future

Can moonlighting lead to career freedom?

Using the examples of Olympic athletes Simone Biles and Michael Phelps to talk about physician mental health.

Waiting too long to focus on retirement can derail long-term goals.

Steps to getting back to normalcy

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.

Nearly half of respondents worry primary care will be no more in five years.

How to identify gender bias so you can ensure all patients are cared for equally.