Search results for "Physician workforce"
Dr. Jokela talks Match Day on KevinMD
Janet Jokela, MD, MPH, MACP, discusses medical students, Match Day, and the threat to the U.S.'s biomedical research and public health infrastructure.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2025/03/25/6.htm
25 Mar 2025
Physician visits decreased from 2010 to 2021, study finds
U.S. data showed that visits to primary care physicians and internal medicine subspecialists declined by 43% and 23%, respectively, while visits to nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and registered nurses increased by 98%.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2025/03/04/5.htm
4 Mar 2025
Hospital medicine a top career choice among new general internal medicine physicians
The percentage of internists seeing patients both in and out of the hospital declined by more than half between 1990 and 2017, according to an analysis of American Board of Internal Medicine certifications and Medicare claims.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/05/17/5.htm
17 May 2022
Primary care physician burnout estimated to cost U.S. health care system $260 million annually
Interventions to boost practice efficiency, organizational culture, interpersonal connections with colleagues, and local leadership can improve professional fulfillment and reduce burnout, suggested the authors of a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/03/08/4.htm
8 Mar 2022
Reflections of an aging physician
Individual physicians must continually assess their own physical and mental health as part of their duty to the profession, said ACP's Vice President of Membership and Global Engagement, Philip A. Masters, MD, FACP, in a recent blog post.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/15/6.htm
15 Jun 2021