While U.S. healthcare organizations are grappling with how to attract and retain physicians from a workforce that is continuing to shrink, individual physicians may be thinking about how to remain in the medical practice … Read More
Prescriptions for Change: PRR Explores the U.S. Primary Care Physician Shortage
About half of all physicians in the primary care specialty were age 55 or older in 2021, according to the Association of American Medical … Read More
Prescriptions for Change: PRR Explores the U.S. Primary Care Physician Shortage
The primary care physician shortage in the United States is a pressing issue that has far-reaching consequences for patient care and the overall healthcare … Read More
Prescriptions for Change: PRR Explores the U.S. Primary Care Physician Shortage
Most people have experienced the frustration of needing to see their primary care physician but being unable to get an appointment for weeks or … Read More
Prescriptions for Change: PRR Explores the U.S. Primary Care Physician Shortage
The U.S. primary care physician shortage is a complex issue with multiple contributing factors. While many headlines repeat the Association of American Medical College’s … Read More
Legislation is pending in Congress that aims to entice more medical providers to practice in rural communities.
Recognizing that the high cost of medical education keeps many medical providers, from primary care physicians to nurses, … Read More
California is leading the nation with more Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas than any other state, according to U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration data.
The HPSA score, calculated on Feb. 7, 2023, is … Read More
PRR Prescription for Success: Dr. Karen Johnston
Editor’s Note: The following was adapted from a case study that was originally published in February 2020.
University of California, Davis Medical School alum, Karen Johnston M.D., kicked … Read More
Spreading the message about how Physicians Retraining & Reentry’s program offers primary care training and refresher courses to physicians is a lot like shopping for peanut butter, writes PRR CEO Thomas DeRosa in Forbes.… Read More
Dr. Ted Dodenhoff was a plastic surgeon for three decades. But when practicing surgery felt too demanding and began wearing him down, he knew the time had come to retire. He did all the things … Read More
