Workforce

Physician assistants in rheumatology report higher job satisfaction and lower levels of burnout than those in other specialties despite working similar hours and receiving lower pay, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

We are again privileged to have rheumatologist and author Chuck Radis, DO, grace the pages of Healio Rheumatology with his continuing observations on the life of those who are lucky enough to be in our little club of practitioners.

From 2011 to 2019, the proportion of rheumatologists who reported using in-house pharmacies exploded, from 4% to 22% — a more than fivefold increase.

WASHINGTON — Addressing burnout in rheumatology will require attention to personal exhaustion and depersonalization, as well as systemic business-of-medicine issues, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence 2024.

WASHINGTON — Increased reimbursement and expanded educational opportunities are two key solutions to the workforce shortage in adult and pediatric rheumatology, according to two speakers at ACR Convergence 2024.

WASHINGTON — Whether through advocacy on Capitol Hill, helping women advance their careers, or addressing the rheumatology workforce shortage, American College of Rheumatology President Deborah Dyett Desir, MD, believes in “giving back.”

WASHINGTON — Despite the heated “rhetoric” regarding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, the idea that predominantly white organizations are resentful of DEI programs is incorrect, according to the ACR Convergence 2024 keynote speaker.

ASH has named four new members to its executive committee beginning immediately after the 2024 ASH Annual Meeting.

From a young age, I was fascinated by the human body and its complexities. Growing up in a small village in southern Italy, I had an insatiable curiosity about science and how we experience pain, heal and recover.

Telemedicine access and use in rheumatology has fluctuated wildly over the last half decade, from near nonexistence through 2019 to its highwater mark during the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.