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  • 28% of Physicians’ Income Has Dropped in the Last Year

    November 17, 2022

    Twenty-eight percent of physicians have reported a drop in income in the last year, according to the Physicians Foundation’s “2022 Survey of America’s Physicians,” released Nov. 15. The Physicians Foundation surveyed 1,501 physicians from Sept. 28 to Oct. 7.  

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  • As Giant Hospitals Get Bigger, an Independent Doctor Feels the Pinch 

    October 13, 2022

    Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Andrew Bush treated as many as 1,000 patients every month in his orthopedics practice. Now he is among a dwindling number of independent physicians in the United States, where doctors are selling their practices or...

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  • Cybersecurity Protections and Social Drivers of Health 

    October 5, 2022

    Believe it or not, drivers of health drive up to 70% of health outcomes. They have always existed, but it wasn’t until recently that the federal government officially decided to measure them through quality measures from CMS.  

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  • Physician Burnout Continues at Record Levels, One-Third Feel ‘Hopeless’ 

    September 19, 2022

    The state of physician wellbeing remained low two years into the pandemic, according to The Physicians Foundation’s new survey, which showed that stigma surrounding seeking care for mental health persists and one in three physicians reported feeling hopeless or that...

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  • National Awareness Day Shines Light on Physician Burnout, Suicide 

    September 15, 2022

    Physician burnout remains significantly elevated compared with pre-pandemic levels and could steamroll into a “mental health emergency” if system changes aren’t enacted, say physician advocates after the release of The Physician’s Foundation’s new survey.

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  • CMS Approves First Measures to Track Social Determinants at Federal Level

    August 23, 2022

    The first-ever set of measures of drivers of health, proposed by the Physicians Foundation, has been adopted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These measures are based on the Foundation’s framework for addressing drivers of health, published...

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  • Addressing Physician Burnout: Three Physician Leaders Discuss Solutions 

    August 8, 2022

    Physician burnout is “very disturbing,” “quite worrisome” and “a crisis” in U.S. health care, said three leaders of the Physicians Foundation, citing data from the Foundation’s 2021 survey conducted before and during the pandemic.

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  • The U.S. Physician Shortage Is Only Going to Get Worse. Here Are Potential Solutions

    July 25, 2022

    If you’ve recently had to wait longer to see a doctor than you used to, it may not be entirely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. is experiencing a physician shortage, and it’s only expected to get worse —...

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  • To Advance a National Health and Equity Infrastructure, Measure Drivers of Health 

    July 1, 2022

    While health care has made gains in patient safety, we are no healthier as a nation, with pervasive racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes. It is time for our country to address drivers of health to move from accountability for...

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  • Why It’s So Hard to Prevent Physician Suicide

    June 28, 2022

    The major concern is that, in many states, licensing applications still ask whether the physician has been in treatment for a mental health condition. Physicians feel they may put their licensure at risk if they admit to receiving help for mental issues.

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