7 physician workforce updates in April

Here are seven physician workforce updates Becker's has reported on in April:

1. Ninety-three percent of voting members of the Committee of Interns and Residents have voted to authorize a strike at Jamaica and Flushing Hospitals in New York City, both members of the MediSys Health Network.
2. The Physicians Foundation launched a campaign and grant program to help physicians address their patients' drivers of health, including transportation access and food security.
3. Indiana state legislators passed a weakened physician noncompete bill that bans new noncompete agreements for primary care physicians but allows other physicians to be subject to noncompetes.
4. The salary gap between male and female physicians narrowed for the first time in five years, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report" for 2023.
5. Over 130 medical providers in Maine signed an open letter pushing legislators for a statewide paid family and medical leave policy.
6. Alabama legislators introduced legislation to address the physician shortage in the state.
7. San Francisco-based nonprofit Encore Physicians encourages retired physicians to return to treating patients and address the physician shortage in the Bay Area.