In 2026, 10 new medical schools have been announced, and several more have opened. Yet, they may not alleviate physician shortages. Four notes on the current state of the physician shortage 1. Across 35 specialties, there is a projected shortage…
Integration & Physician Issues
Physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses can now order every noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test Medicare covers, ending a long-standing physician-only requirement under a CMS coverage change. CMS authorized the expanded coverage in June when it finalized a decision…
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health and Santa Clara (Calif.) University are collaborating on a learning health system model designed to expose medical students to clinical care, education and research within an integrated healthcare network. The model will be incorporated into the…
About 82% of employed physicians nationwide work for corporate entities, and nearly 75% have only experienced this model, a Physician Advocacy Institute report found. The “2026 Employed Physician Survey” canvassed more than 1,000 U.S. physicians employed by hospitals, health systems…
Renton, Wash.-based Providence is leaning into temporary and topic-based leadership roles as a way to improve its operations while giving more physicians an opportunity to contribute. “We really don’t want to limit physician leadership contributions to only those people who…
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Single specialty and multi-specialty groups were the top two highest-paying settings for physicians, followed by hospitals, Doximity found. Doximity, a digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, released its 2026 Physician Compensation Report Aug. 25. The report surveyed physicians in June…
Health systems and hospitals are leaning on training programs to bring more physicians into leadership roles. Last year, Becker’s found many systems grappling with a physician leadership shortage. Leaders said residents and new physicians seemed uninterested in leadership, teaching and…
The physician gender pay gap has remained steady at 26% overall for two years in a row, Doximity found. Doximity, a digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, released its 2026 Physician Compensation Report Aug. 25. The report surveyed physicians in…
New residents arrive with clinical training but often without day-one fluency in the practical skills that drive patient safety: documentation, order entry, handoffs and knowing when to escalate. Quality leaders say the gap is real but rarely surfaces as a…
Internal medicine is the most in-demand physician specialty and locum tenens specialty, Doximity found. Doximity, a digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, released its 2026 Physician Compensation Report Aug. 25. The report surveyed physicians in June on how AI is…