SPECIAL REPORT: 2023 COMPENSATION & CAREER GUIDE

WHILE DATA from the 2023 Today’s Hospitalist Compensation & Career Survey show that hospitalist pay remained relatively flat this year, conversations with hospitalists and consultants provide a more nuanced picture of pay for the specialty. Through charts from our survey and interviews with experts, see what trends in hospitalist pay look like across the country and within different types of hospitalist practice settings. READ MORE HERE.

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Night medicine: a great teaching opportunity

TIMOTHY JOHNSON, MD, is so intent on changing perceptions about working nights—from them being a slog that residents must endure to being a great...
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HOW DOES YEARS of work experience affect hospitalist pay? To answer that question, we looked at data from our 2023 Today's Hospitalist Compensation &...
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