Memoirs from physicians allow specialists in other fields to get a better understanding of challenges in medicine faced by residents, clinicians and medical students. 

Here are eight numbers to know about young physicians in 2023, according to Medscape's 2023 "Young Physician Compensation Report."

Over 100,000 U.S. healthcare providers — including 71,309 physicians — left the workforce between 2021 and 2022, according to an Oct. 16 report from Definitive Healthcare. 

CMS has published updated data on settlements made under the Voluntary Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol following actual or potential violations of Stark law.

Here are five market and private equity updates physicians should know that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 19:

Difficult patients and excessive rules and regulations were determined as the most challenging parts of physicians' jobs around the world, according to Medscape's 2023 "International Physician Compensation Report."

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan called on physicians to share their personal experiences with private equity during a keynote at the annual meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Medical consulting is the most popular medical side gig for physicians, according to Medscape's 2023 'Physician Side Gigs Report.'

Real estate is the most popular side gig for physicians outside of medicine, according to Medscape's 2023 'Physician Side Gigs Report.'

Thirty-nine percent of physicians with side gigs said their main jobs offered "some flexibility," according to Medscape's "Physician Side Gigs Report 2023."

Physician assistants in the United States are split over whether they prefer using "physician assistant" or "physician associate" as their title, according to a survey conducted by locum tenens staffing agency Barton Associates.

Student loan payments officially resumed Oct. 1.

Physicians in the United States make the most compared to their international counterparts, according to Medscape's 2023 "International Physician Compensation Report."

Paula Aristizabal, MD, a pediatric oncologist at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, was awarded $4 million to expand a program focused on improving diversity in pediatric cancer clinical trials.

The School of Public Health at Brown University in Providence, R.I., has launched a center to address healthcare spending.

An Arkansas psychiatrist who previously served as chair for the state's medical board has been arrested for two counts of Medicaid fraud, Fox affiliate KNWA reported Oct. 10.

The American Medical Association recently published an appendix to its "AMA STEPS Forward Private Practice Playbook" that includes business and medical forms physicians can use in their private practice.

Although the average annual salary among registered nurses in the U.S. is $80,359, that figure varies greatly depending on which state one practices in, according to career website ZipRecruiter.

Healthcare workers at four Prime Healthcare facilities in California began a five-day strike on Oct. 9, citing concerns over pay cuts, high turnover and unsafe staffing levels.

Hippocratic AI, a healthcare technology company that develops artificial health general intelligence, has formed a physician advisory council to guide the development of its large language model for healthcare.