At the same time, physicians at the intersection of burnout and growing older are closing their practices or retiring (see the Next Avenue article, "When Your Trusted Professionals Retire"). The Physicians Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy group, in a report issued in August 2020 says COVID-19 prompted the closing of approximately 16,000 medical practices with another 8,000 expected to close within the year.

"Return to normal" comes up a lot when discussing the COVID-19 pandemic. When used broadly, the expression can refer to when the country will return to normal. Or it can be scaled down to refer to benchmarks used for any industry or profession.

The Telehealth Initiative – a program launched in January 2020 by The Physicians Foundation, American Medical Association, Texas Medical Association, Florida Medical Association, and Massachusetts Medical Society – didn’t anticipate the pandemic. But it did anticipate telemedicine’s potential wealth of applications for care.

With roughly 156 million Americans fully vaccinated for COVID-19, physicians are seeing signs of relief on the horizon. That relief can't come soon enough.

The Physicians Foundation has developed a tool to help physicians prepare for mental health crises.

The U.S. has experienced a decrease in CVD-related death rates over the past 40 years. However, scientists from the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas have discovered glaring disparities between areas with high and low mortalities.

In COVID-19’s wake, millions of Americans have been struggling with the basics—feeding their families, paying their rent, or earning enough to make ends meet—at unprecedented levels, especially in communities of color.

After a year of early-morning Zoom calls, the specter of a deadly virus and soaring stock and real estate values, working American baby boomers who can afford it plan to get out while the getting’s good.

With the number of new infections falling and number of people getting vaccinated rising, the worst of the pandemic may be over in Georgia.

The Women’s Wellness through Equity and Leadership (WEL) Alliance is launching the second phase of an initiative developed to create more equitable work environments for women physicians.