Published in the April 2017 issue of Today’s Hospitalist
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Why are physicians leaving medicine? The reasons are shifting
New data show that physicians are leaving clinical medicine earlier than previous generations—and they’re citing different problems than their predecessors. Here’s what a study...
‘Decision fatigue’ in hospitalists: What’s the biggest source?
High patient volume may be a bigger driver of “decision fatigue” in hospitalists than the number of days they work on service.
A study in...
Physician compensation up 3% in 2025: A look at the details
New data on physician compensation found that overall pay for doctors rose 3% in 2025, but several specialties actually saw their compensation flatline or...
AI scribes and documentation time: a ‘modest’ reduction
AI scribes can reduce documentation time among clinicians, a new study found.
Research in JAMA found that clinicians using AI scribes spend about 13 fewer minutes...
In fight against corporate medicine, Oregon ED group says national staffing firm is breaking...
In the latest fight against corporate medicine, an emergency medicine group in Oregon is claiming that the decision to replace it with an out-of-state...
How did primary care do in the 2026 Match?
The 2026 Match was the biggest ever, but there were some soft spots in primary care and a drop in the number of applicants...
Physician use of artificial intelligence doubled since 2023
Physician use of artificial intelligence has doubled since 2023, reflecting growing confidence in the technology and what many doctors think is the potential to...
Hospitals score a win in fight against Leapfrog safety ratings
A health network in Florida has won a victory in its fight against the hospital safety ratings issued by the Leapfrog Group, claiming that...
Infectious disease fellows down, female residents take majority
New data show that the number of physicians choosing infectious disease fellowships continued to drop in this year’s Match while more than half of...
Is calling physicians ‘providers’ an ethics issue?
If you hate when physicians are called providers, you now have a new reason to be annoyed: It may be an ethics issue.
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