More than 90% of health systems surveyed recently say a strong digital health strategy is essential to improving clinical outcomes, boosting clinician satisfaction rates and increasing productivity, yet less than half actually have a strategy in place. And less than a quarter are “very confident...
The Biden administration issued an emergency regulation in November 2021 requiring COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare workers at facilities that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs. Those who refuse the vaccination and do not obtain an exemption can’t practice medicine at those...
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...
For many of us, normalcy has left our professional and personal lives due to COVID-19. During the past two years, hospitals have had to contend with a litany of issues: vaccine mandates, overflows of patients presenting with COVID-19 symptoms, having to shut doors to family members wanting to...
Physicians made more money in 2022 than 2021, according to Medscape’s 2022 Physician Compensation Report. Both primary care and specialty physicians saw an increase in compensation in the past year. Since 2015, physician compensation has increased by 29%.
