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Advice for new physicians as they enter the field.

The physician shortage is more pronounced in rural communities, where access to healthcare is limited despite an increased need. Locum tenens doctors can benefit a community in need, and the community can offer advantages practically unheard of in the city.

Seven seasoned professionals offer some recommendations for new residents and those starting out at medical practices.

Residency can be a fearful time in a doctor’s career, but it doesn’t have to be unbearable. Here are some tips for recent medical school graduates as they begin their training.

There’s no line item for being exhausted in a physician’s salary … or is there?

A Texas physician’s indictment should serve as a reminder of the Hippocratic Oath and that honest doctors often suffer by their dishonest peers exposed in the press.

Physician practices must take the time to evaluate their policies related to “outside activities."

Here are five ideas on how to jumpstart your approach to leisure, including some you may not have previously considered.

Many doctors say they would never recommend a medical career to their children. Burnout is a serious problem.

If you are considering merging your practice with another group, make sure you are doing so because it's the right thing to do.

The economics of healthcare are inexorably shifting risk from payers to providers. Independent providers who fail to join risk facing groups are doomed.

This healthcare expert believes concierge medicine is the future of healthcare due to its benefits for both patients and physicians.

Here are some tips for using global health work to fight burnout.

With more than 50 million seniors in the U.S., there is a need for physicians to care for the elderly. Enter: locum tenens docs.

This method of job creation eliminates steps from the typical health care hiring process in hopes of providing better care for patients.

Physician turnover to an ongoing physician shortage and staffing a health care facility can be very difficult. Here are five tips to make sure you are prepared.

Women physicians may be at higher risk of burnout, but they may have better coping tools, according to researchers.

It’s hard to intervene when you see a fellow provider in trouble with burnout. Here’s how to make it a little easier.

A young physician gives her advice to residents on what they can expect upon becoming a practicing physician.

Would you rather work for an independent practice group, or are you better off employed by a health system?

Have you decided you need to have more leisure in the new year? Here are six ways to get that going.

Concierge medicine offers the convenience that patients get at urgent care clinics, and combines it with the quality care that a familiar physician can provide.

Home health agencies and home visiting companies are employers that physicians should approach with great caution.

Personal problems could be contributing to physicians burning out at work. Identify your real problems, then find the solution.

Burnout is a problem for physicians at work, but the solution might be found at home.

Many doctor-owned captive insurance companies are ticking times bombs of legal and financial liability. Here's what you need to know.

Improving your billing processes can not only improve your revenue, but will make patients happier.

We took some of the best comments left during the past year and put them in one spot. What did you have to say in 2017?

This year the PA profession celebrated its 50th anniversary. Much has changed, but the future of the profession remains bright.

With the new year fast approaching, health care experts weigh in on what practices can expect from what is sure to be an eventful year.