The number of nonphysician practitioners credentialed by hospitals and health systems is growing exponentially. Some observers estimate that more than 300,000 clinicians nationwide fit this description. A variety of labels are used to characterize these caregivers, including allied health...

Orthopedic surgeons and interventional cardiologists have the highest starting salaries offered to recruits, according to a new Merritt Hawkins report. On average, orthopedic surgeons earn $565,000 and interventional cardiologists earn $527,000.

It’s important to remind those outside the profession of all the important work MSPs do every day. For example, while credentialing and privileging might be considered job one for MSPs, the medical staff services department is more involved in quality and peer review processes than ever before...

With suicide rates among physicians far outpacing those in other professions, researchers at UC San Diego Health attempted to better understand the job stressors that contribute to the problem. To do this, they reviewed the death investigation narratives from 200 physician suicides collected by...