Careers

Primary care was in crisis in the United States - and then COVID-19 happened.

How much should practice owners pay themselves? 

In our exclusive 2020 Physician Report, physicians told us the reasons why their practices increased revenue.

Physicians tell us what ancillary services they provide and how they earn secondary income, in our exclusive 91st Physician Report.

A breakdown of who took our 91st Physician Report.

Physicians told us what the major challenges they deal with in their practices, as part of our exclusive 91st Physician Report.

Physicians tell us how much they are spending on malpractice coverage in our exclusive 91st Physician Report.

Richard Roberts, MD, says doctors need to identify a few things they most want and don’t want in a job before negotiating an employment contract.

When do doctors retire, and what are they worried about in the future?

While more physicians are becoming employees, others who crave autonomy are going out on their own. Here’s how to succeed.

Primary care was the most popular specialty in this year’s match results for osteopathic medical students and past DO graduates.

Wendy Dean, MD, the founder of Fix Moral Injury, discusses how physicians have lost autonomy, and what can be done to restore it.

As a physician, finding the right job can be a challenge.

Final-year residents are in high demand, so they’re being choosy about where they want to start their careers.

Physicians are the only professionals in society that try to do complex work during brief visits.

How to keep your patients and your staff healthy

James Underberg, MD, discusses how he left a large health system to open his own practice, and provides tips for physicians considering the same move.

Many physicians are dealing with massive student loans from medical school, according to a poll of Medical Economics readers.

A slideshow of the top 10 sources of secondary income for physicians.

How 19 specialties rank in terms of salary compared to annual revenue generated.

Why the multitasking demanded in our work is likely an under-appreciated, but substantive factor in physician burnout

A slideshow of the top 14 ancillary services for internal medicine/family medicine practices in 2018.

Information is certainly not going to slow down, so doctors should come up with a plan to keep up so they are ready to have informed conversations with patients.