Employment Trends

A physician recruitment leader discusses what keeps doctors working happily in practices and health care organizations.

Sarah Nosal, MD, president of the AAFP, explains which parts of a compensation package physicians overlook, why non-competes and scope of practice need to be in writing, and why the moment before you sign is your biggest source of leverage.

Patient preferences shape clinical decisions, but so do corporate policies, according to PAI survey of employed physicians.

A physician recruitment leader discusses what keeps doctors working happily in practices and health care organizations.

Is the U.S. still on top?

The clinician shortage is real, but there are other reasons why mental health referrals often go nowhere.

A JAMA analysis of nearly 250,000 board-certified internists puts hard numbers on how much underserved patient care rests on physicians born outside the U.S., just as visa policy tightens around them.

Supporters of osteopathic medical education hope Pennsylvania collaboration will be a model for the nation.

A new model of 5,778 physicians sorts every combination of hometown, medical school and residency into four tiers of rural practice.

RAND researchers put the same questions to 15 primary care physicians employed by health systems and 15 independent ones. Neither model came out ahead on all five findings.

Sports agent Leigh Steinberg, co-founder of physician branding agency MD Envoy, explains how doctors can turn their expertise into a public platform without jeopardizing their medical career.

An study of 1,258 providers across eight health systems found daily wRVU increases of up to 4.1% among physicians who engaged most with their production and earnings data.

Two physicians and two health system executives got candid with Chief Healthcare Executive about denials, administrative burden and what AI is actually delivering.

Physicians in eight specialties now clear $500,000 a year, and the distance between the top earners and primary care keeps growing.

A new survey of physicians, nurses and health care leaders points to burnout, reimbursement uncertainty and the pace of AI adoption as the top threats to the system, even as national data show physician burnout easing.

A new JAMA analysis of 1,000 federally funded training positions found psychiatry capturing the largest share of gains, while the proportion reaching primary care and rural communities fell with each round.

Clinicians from the 19 banned countries cluster in communities that already struggle to keep physicians and nurses, a JAMA Network Open analysis finds.

Burnout comes from more than just workplace overload. Here’s why doctors need training in personal finance

The Commonwealth Fund examines health care across developed nations and finds dismal results for the United States.

Four in 10 physicians have a side gig. Here are the data on who succeeds, where the money is going and what doctors who've done it wish they'd known sooner.

Policies are needed now to rein in private equity investments and protect physicians and patients.

Immigration can help this segment: Here’s what physicians need to know

AACOM report shows 98.76% placement rate for 2026.

Burnout, hassle and unrealistic patient demands have replaced personal health concerns and rising malpractice premiums as the top drivers of early physician exits.

Women doctors are fleeing medicine. Technology, autonomy and compensation for time all could help them stay to treat patients.