Excellent new physician salary calculator
Jackson & Coker have released their 2013 Physician Salary Calculator and it’s pretty great. You can select from 24 different medical specialties and see the national average compensation a...
Category Archives: Other News
Site Update
Hello folks! I am writing from the hospital today. I just wanted to give you a quick update on the site. Over the weekend, I added a couple things that are meant to be helpful. The first is located w...
Physician invents portable urinal
Do you watch Shark Tank? The show is both an inspiration and a frustration for me. Inspirational because it makes me want to create some sort of invention for mass market and be as successful as the...
The Dedicated Doctor [infographic]
No doubt about it, becoming a physician is hard work and a long road. Healthcare reform is here so what’s the outlook going to look like? This infographic shows a few statistics regarding med...
2013 Match Statistics
Congratulations to all who have matched at a residency program! Another Match season has passed. Here’s a look at the stats : U.S. citizen IMGs and foreign-national IMGs match rates rose by f...
The gender gap in Academic Physician salaries
The Journal of the American Medical Association published an article titled, “Gender Differences in the Salaries of Physician Researchers.” The premise of the research is to determine wh...
Key Findings of Merritt Hawkins 2012 Physician Survey
Last week I posted a whiteboard cartoon video made by Merritt Hawkins. I wanted to learn more about their survey, so I emailed them about it and received a copy of it in my mailbox! I read through t...
The Business of Healthcare [infographic]
$1 out of every $6 is spent on Healthcare. 60% of bankruptcies are a direct result of overwhelming medical bills. An estimated $10 billion dollars by hospitals overcharging patients. More sickening f...
Doctors, Dollars, and Health Reform [video]
Merritt Hawkins has released a catchy, cartoonish video outlining a few key points from their latest physician survey. Quality is slowly increasing as a component of compensation and the days of solo...
Links for 3-7-2013
Here are this week’s collection of interesting links : Commission on doc pay urges shift from fee-for-service, end to SGR 9 Latest Hospital, Physician Compensation Stories States Get OK To Cu...