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Physician burnout is still the buzz term going around. Sure, there are others like “moral injury” but the point is the same. Doctors are unhappy in their jobs. Even worse, doctors know that others don’t really care about them.  I recommend reading this article called Have We Overcomplicated The American Physician Burnout Conversation? The author talks about…
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Remember the pandemic? Well, here are some more references showing how physicians were furloughed during the CV19 crisis: 1 in 5 doctors has been furloughed or taken a pay cut as the coronavirus pandemic hits hospitals. Some say they’re considering new jobs. Pay cuts, furloughs, and layoffs for doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers are…
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There are about 940,000 real doctors in the US and 12% of them quit last year. That’s a lot. Of course, every administrator or ivory tower pontificator will blame COVID. Why? It’s an easy excuse. Instead of looking at how the people who employed these doctors dealt with the situation they just brush it off…
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I speak to a lot of doctors all around the country and all I hear is the same thing: THEY ARE TRYING TO REPLACE US! Is this true? Very much so. This article is a couple of years old but it’s only gotten worse: Across the country, corporations and government agencies are replacing physicians with…
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If you ask any Hospital CEO if he or she wants to replace doctors then what do you think they would say?  “Of course not!” But that may not be the truth.  We definitely have a disconnect between hospitals and employed physicians.  EVERY doctor who I have ever interviewed has felt that their administration wants…
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They say that employees don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. I put a whole chapter in my book about Physician Retention on this topic for CEOs. Now an article in Kiplinger says the same thing:  “Would you like to work for a boss who only cares about production and not the welfare…
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The following is from Steven Mussey, MD, who illustrated my recent book on Physician Retention. I think he really nails how doctors are feeling. Feel free to share.  What happened? How did we get here? Doug’s book discusses the problem of physician retention. He sadly describes the loss of physician camaraderie. Increasingly, hospitals appear confrontational to the interests of…
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I recommend you take a look at this article. It was from a forum roundtable in Forbes Magazine and here was their goal: These days, no company or industry is safe from the “Great Resignation.” Scores of workers at all levels have been leaving their jobs to pursue better opportunities.  Every business needs to come up…
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I am a physician and retired from clinical practice.  My happiest times were very early in my employed career and then my last six years doing Direct Primary Care.   I thoroughly discussed the former in my book The Hospital Guide to Physician Retention: Why Creating A Physician-Friendly Environment Is Critical For Your Organization’s Success. It was a place where…
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