Published in the April 2017 issue of Today’s Hospitalist
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Physician shortage: What will the hospitalist shortage look like in 10 years?
New data show that the country’s physician shortage will continue to rise, leaving a gap of nearly 140,000 physicians by 2038. But some specialties—and...
Physician career satisfaction: How do hospitalists compare?
When it comes to career satisfaction for physicians, how do hospitalists compare to other specialties on factors like burnout, feeling valued and plans to...
Physician employment: Four of five U.S. docs now work for nonphysician-owned group
New data on physician employment trends show that as of Jan. 1 of this year, four out of five physicians work for groups that...
Oregon ED physicians who fought big staffing firm keeping their jobs
A group of Oregon ED physicians that fought a move to be replaced by a large staffing firm scored a victory last week that...
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...
My life as an admitter…