Physician productivity continues to rise as doctors see heavier workloads in part due to a shortage of medical care providers and an influx of patients following the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. The ...

The work relative value unit model was designed to standardize how physician labor gets measured and paid. Decades later, the data suggests it has struggled to keep pace with the realities of modern ...

The findings come from a survey of nearly 86,000 physician assistants and quantitative data from 2023 National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. Here are 12 more stats about ...

Physicians are working more than ever, but reimbursement isn’t rising in tandem. It’s a worrying mismatch that could translate into access problems for patients down the line, according to a new ...

Physicians and advanced practice providers are opting for the flexibility of temporary, locum tenens work in seek of improved job conditions and to relieve burnout, according to an April 23 survey ...

Dr. Horwitz offered two explanations for why a decrease in hours has not helped reduce mistakes and improve safety: (1) to accommodate the required decrease in physician working hours, staff members ...

Physicians experiencing pregnancy often maintained or increased their workload in the first and second trimesters, then ...

Healthcare workers, particularly physicians, report high levels of burnout. In Health eCareers’ 2024 Job Seekers Report, 78 percent of physicians surveyed reported they experience burnout “sometimes, ...

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho ranks last in the nation for physicians per capita, and a state working group is asking lawmakers to invest more than a million dollars to address what they call a crisis. Rep.

Physicians in Canada, especially male physicians, are working fewer hours than they did 3 decades ago, and these long-term trends must be considered in workforce planning, according to new research in ...

For many physicians surveyed for a recent Medscape report, an important appeal of working for a health system or other medical employer is what they avoid : the headaches of running a small business.