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How optimistic are physicians about their specialties? A Medscape survey that asked doctors to rank their specialties in the short- and long-term found that specialties like internal medicine ranked among the lowest. Here’s a look at the data. Physician optimism: three-year outlook When asked about the future, 16 of the 29 specialties surveyed said they were […] The post Physician optimism: What…
New data from Medscape found that rates of physician burnout are holding relatively steady, with just under half of physicians saying they feel burned out, but the effects of job-related stress are pervasive for doctors. The good news is that the number is down from a post-pandemic high of 53% (according to Medscape survey data) […] The post Physician burnout: a look at causes, effects and coping…
How does geography affect physician satisfaction with pay? Marit Health asked physicians to rank their satisfaction with their compensation on a five-point scale, with one being very dissatisfied and 5 being very satisfied. On average, physicians from all specialties from all parts of the country rated their satisfaction with compensation at 3.59. Here’s a look […] The post Physician satisfaction…
When it comes to happiness, several groups of U.S. physicians are reporting shrinking levels of satisfaction. According to a Medscape survey released in July 2026, several groups of physicians surveyed this spring reported that they were less happy than three years ago. That included female physicians (32% said they were less happy), male physicians (28% […] The post Happiness: Which U.S.…
New data show that hospital-acquired infections dropped 27% between 2015 and 2023, going from 1 in 31 patients having at least one HAI in 2015 to 1 in 38 patients in 2023. A New England Journal of Medicine study based on CDC survey data found that the percent of inpatients with at least one hospital-acquired […] The post Hospital-acquired infections fall from 2015-2023 appeared first on Today's…
Researchers are warning that physicians who use AI to create patient messages as a time-saver may end up spending more time cleaning up errors and removing extraneous information in those messages. Clinicians are embracing AI as a time-saver for nonclinical tasks, and AI patient messages are one of the top items on the list. But […] The post Writing patient messages with AI: Time-saver or time…
Two new studies look at how patient portal messages and secure chat in the EHR are eating away at physicians’ time, with one finding that female hospitalists are spending more time on digital communication than their male counterparts. A JAMA research letter found that the number of messages sent through patient portals jumped from 0.99 per […] The post Patient portal messages, EHR chat: How much…
A hospitalist-led procedure service in a community-hospital setting delivered procedures to inpatients faster than specialist-led teams, reducing length of stay without hurting safety—or breaking the bank. A study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine looked at a hospitalist-led procedure service in two community hospitals in Grand Rapids, Mich. Researchers examined results among patients who…
Key Takeaways A 2026 survey found that job satisfaction among nurses dropped for the first time since the pandemic. Contributing to a drop in satisfaction, more than half of nurses experienced verbal threats or aggressive language in the past year. Nearly half of nurses—41%—said “financial necessity” kept them on the job and in the specialty. […] The post Is nursing job satisfaction falling…
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 some regions of the country—will actually have a surplus of physicians. Data from the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis show that the physician workforce will go from a projected shortage […] The post Physician shortage: What will the…
