Resident physicians at Boston Medical Center held a rally July 20 to call for better compensation.

The physician workforce reached 1,044,734 in 2022, according to a census conducted by the Federation of State Medical Boards and published July 18 in the Journal of Medical Regulation.

The number of physicians working in private practice decreased by 13.4 percent from 60.1 percent in 2012 to 46.7 percent in 2022, according to a report from the American Medical Association.

Resident and fellow physicians at Stanford Health Care in Palo Alto, Calif., held a rally July 19 for better wages and support amid contract negotiations, Palo Alto Online reported July 18.

About 20 percent of the U.S. population lives in a rural area, yet just 11 percent of physicians practice in these regions, according to a report by the Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. 

Massachusetts ranked No. 1 among the states and the District of Columbia in terms of health system performance, according to data from the Commonwealth Fund.

While most hospitals recognize physician burnout is a serious problem, many are still in the early stages of addressing it. Here are four steps hospitals can take to push their programs addressing physician burnout further along, according to a July 18 report from the American Medical Association:

A group of emergency physicians at Ascension St. John Hospital in Detroit — along with physician assistants, nurse practitioners and lead advanced practice clinicians — have voted to join the Greater Detroit Association of Emergency Physicians, according to the National Labor Relations Board.

CNBC recently released two sets of reports ranking the best and worst states to work in.

Here are two ways physicians and health systems can prepare for the next decade of healthcare and cost cutting, according to a July 13 report from the American Medical Association:

Here are the 10 largest medical groups based on their number of locations, according to a new analysis from Definitive Healthcare provided to Becker's:

Here are the 10 largest physician groups based on their total Medicare charges, according to a new analysis from Definitive Healthcare provided to Becker's: 

Here are six stats to know on the physician workforce, according to the Association of American Medical College's 2022 Physician Specialty Data Report:

A new report on physician retirement from Jackson Physician Search outlines data from the hundreds of administrators and physicians across the country who participated in their Physician Retirement Survey.

Bayhealth has received $500,000 to support its graduate medical education programs and address the physician shortage in Kent County, according to a July 4 report from Delaware Public Media.

One in 10 physicians contemplate or attempt suicide annually, according to Medscape's "Physician Suicide Report" for 2022.

Here are six workforce updates for physicians to know that Becker's reported on in June:

Banner Health and the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix are expanding the Graduate Medical Education programs with 229 additional residency and fellowship programs, according to a June 22 release.

Here are seven CMS moves made since April physicians should know:

The American College of Radiology has partnered with the American Medical Association to create advocacy resources on "scope creep."