Home Research Research Library Life in Private Practice Life in Private Practice 2021 Author(s) Chavez, Annette M Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Measurement, and Policy Brief Commentaries Volume 34(5):1035-1037 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine When I was 40 years old, and 11 years into practice, I started to plot my premature retirement from medicine. The community hospital that had owned our practice released all employed physicians and later closed its doors. Our office joined a large multispecialty group with a coercive management style. Overhead increased dramatically. Doctors were threatened with pay reductions if productivity benchmarks were not met. Collection of insurance reimbursement was suboptimal, and the system favored doctors who saw very high volumes of patients. Physicians were expected to serve on several time-consuming committees. Our rent increased yearly, while our reimbursements decidedly did not. My 2 favorite partners quit the practice and moved to a small town. I was miserable. ABFM Research Read all 2024 Electronic Health Record Usability, Satisfaction, and Burnout for Family Physicians Go to Electronic Health Record Usability, Satisfaction, and Burnout for Family Physicians 2013 Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? Go to Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? 2018 Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings. Go to Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings. 2019 Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions Go to Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions
Author(s) Chavez, Annette M Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Measurement, and Policy Brief Commentaries Volume 34(5):1035-1037 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2024 Electronic Health Record Usability, Satisfaction, and Burnout for Family Physicians Go to Electronic Health Record Usability, Satisfaction, and Burnout for Family Physicians 2013 Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? Go to Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? 2018 Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings. Go to Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings. 2019 Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions Go to Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions
2024 Electronic Health Record Usability, Satisfaction, and Burnout for Family Physicians Go to Electronic Health Record Usability, Satisfaction, and Burnout for Family Physicians
2013 Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? Go to Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice?
2018 Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings. Go to Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings.
2019 Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions Go to Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions
