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.
How to close the physician gender pay gap
Why female physicians make less, and how to fix it.
How to drive revenue growth in your medical practice
Plotting a financial path to practice success
90th annual Physician Report: Salaries stagnant, declining for most doctors
A slideshow on how much physicians earn
90th annual Physician Report: How much doctors spend on malpractice insurance
A slideshow with a breakdown of median annual premiums
90th annual Physician Report: Despite challenges, doctors remain productive
A slideshow with data on physician productivity and medical practice staff
90th annual Physician Report: Who took our survey
A slideshow about the survey respondents
90th annual Physician Report: Uncompensated tasks stalling practice growth
A slideshow on the financial state of practices
ACP 2019: How loneliness affects patients-and their physicians
Loneliness is a quiet epidemic causing loud health impacts on patients and physicians.
Why primary care physicians should break with insurance, consider DPC
Primary care physicians are trapped in a non-sustainable business model.
Beyond burnout: The real problem facing doctors is moral injury
The patients’ needs cannot always win-and often don’t.
Getting off the corporate treadmill
Physicians are thinking outside the box early in their careers.
What can mindfulness offer to you and your patients?
In addition to helping patients better manage chronic, difficult-to-treat conditions, mindfulness could help physicians manage job stress and burnout.
From employment to independence
One medical group’s path to freedom lights the way for others.
Burnout risks
One of the many dangers of job burnout
Dear doctor: What happened to us
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.
The real reason docs burn out
How the system works against you -and what to do about it.
The top nine issues ruining medicine for physicians
Here are the issues that annoy and frustrate doctors and get in the way of treating patients and running practices.
Docs sue Board of Internal Medicine over MOC
Four physicians allege ABIM is illegally tying its initial certification to MOC.
Doctor burnout
Take our poll: Do you feel burned out as a physician?
What's ruining medicine for physicians: MOC costs and requirements
MOC costs and requirements ranks 9th on the list of issues ruining medicine for physicians.
From burning out to burning passion
Physician transformation is possible with concierge medicine.
Medical school remorse: Do you have physician career regret?
Some physicians may regret their career choice, but there are still ways to have fulfilling careers in medicine.
Burned out or tuned in
If you’re feeling burned out, here are some steps to take control and move beyond burnout.
Family physicians get new MOC option
Pilot program offers 25 quarterly questions in lieu of 10-year test.
Physicians’ battle to limit maintenance of certification requirements continues despite testing changes
Despite changes this year to make the maintenance of certification (MOC) process easier on internists, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) still faces strong opposition to the program.
Reducing physician burnout starts with increasing advocacy
Advocacy takes time-a rarity for physicians. But there are five simple ways to advocate for needed healthcare changes.
Physician moonlighting doesn’t mean major travel burdens
Many doctors think leaving full-time employment equates to arduous travel, but that doesn’t necessarily need to be the case.
2021 Physician Burnout Survey Results
How physicians can avoid becoming a boiled frog
Quality primary care takes time with patients, so it’s time for physicians to press for the time needed to truly make needed change.
How can physicians regain their passion for medicine?
Three strategies to overcome burnout and bureaucracy and remain committed to medicine.