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Burnout and consolidation: ‘The environment physicians are practicing in has changed dramatically’
Author(s)Richard Payerchin
The president of The Physicians Foundation discusses consolidation in health care and how it contributes to burnout.
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Are doctors oblivious to the business conditions of health care? Just the opposite: They recognize the consolidation that has taken place in health organizations and systems across the country because they have to work in them. The Physicians Foundation President Gary Price, MD, MBA, elaborates on
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