Before the COVID-19 pandemic, staffing shortages of healthcare professionals were already an area of concern. In 2019, the Association of American Medical Colleges projected a shortage of up to nearly 122,000 physicians by 2032. Along those same lines, the need for nurses was projected to...
PAs (physician assistants/physician associates) in Alaska had the highest median income in 2021 at $140,000, while PAs in Alabama had the lowest median income at $95,000. Overall, PAs across the country saw an increase in their 2021 earnings compared to 2020 ($115,000 vs $110,000 respectively...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 5
Keon Williams, CPCS, CPMSM, credentialing manager for professional staff services at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, has worn many hats throughout her career in healthcare. She began at Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas where she...
The steps of an intervention with a physician who has been regularly preforming poorly will vary depending on the circumstances. However, there are some common guidelines to keep in mind.
Beginning June 1, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine is requiring all physicians applying for or renewing a medical license to undergo two hours of training on implicit bias (i.e., the unconscious prejudices and mistaken beliefs an individual may hold toward gender, race,...
Type the words “physician burnout” and “statistics” into an online search engine and you might be shocked: Nearly half of all practicing physicians report feeling burned out. One study found that 7% of physicians had experienced suicidal ideation in the past year (compared to 4% of nonphysicians...
