Health Workforce

Rapidly advancing technology in artificial intelligence and other spaces has yet to deliver on “the promise” of minimizing physician workload and burnout, according to a speaker at the Ending Clinician Burnout Global Community summit.

The ACP held its annual leadership event May 14 and 15 in Washington, D.C., where members of the organization met with U.S. lawmakers to discuss their health policy priorities.

BOSTON — “Now more than ever,” physicians need to consider the ways in which politics affect health care and how they practice medicine, Omar Atiq, MD, MACP, new president of the ACP, said during a press briefing.

The number rheumatologists in adult care rose 23% from 2009 to 2020, while the number of advanced practice providers in the specialty exploded by as much as 141% during the same time, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

In 2023, Healio conducted exclusive interviews with physicians, health leaders and other experts to take an in-depth look at the latest research and trends in primary care.

SAN DIEGO — American College of Rheumatology members continue to meet challenges in patient care and advocacy despite the workforce shortage and COVID-19, President Douglas White, MD, PhD said in his welcome speech at ACR Convergence 2023.

BOSTON — The Infectious Diseases Society of America is focused on growing the ID workforce and increasing opportunities for its members, its new president told Healio at IDWeek.

PHILADELPHIA — Is the public health workforce ready for the next pandemic?

A projected shortage of primary care physicians is one of the field’s top concerns, according to experts.

Family medicine physicians who received residency training in programs that incorporated community-based care and family planning were more likely to provide reproductive health services than those who did not, recent data show.