Close to 70% of U.S. physicians were working for private equity firms, hospitals or other corporate organizations as of the beginning of 2021, according to a report released by the nonprofit Physician Advocacy Institute and consulting firm Avalere. This means that only 30% are independently practicing medicine across the nation. This decades-long trend has been driven by a number of factors, … [Read more...]
Jamaican doctors sitting in limbo
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 9-7-2020] Approximately 50 doctors who studied overseas and have returned to the island to practise have been left in limbo, after learning that the mandatory orientation process set aside for them has been delayed “until further notice”. The medical practitioners, several of whom studied in Russia and China, have been left in the cold as the Ministry of Health … [Read more...]