Physicians Practice January 21, 2025
Physician engagement is key to clinical and financial performance.
Handling more than 1 billion patient encounters per year, America’s 1+ million physicians are the foundation and primary economic drivers of U.S. health care. To give an idea of physicians’ impact, the average full-time physician creates nearly $2.4 million in hospital revenue per year, according to a recent survey. The significance of physicians to their health care organizations cannot be overstated.
However, the critical role and contributions of physicians is often portrayed differently in the daily news – or by physicians themselves. Despite an abundance of positive physician stories, the media tend to focus on “bad apple” doctors gaming the health care system, overprescribing or being arrested. More critically, America’s physicians...
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