Physician Workforce
Physician Supply
Physician supply is one of the three most challenging workforce issues
confronting IHA member hospitals. Today's shortfall is influenced in part by the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which decreased and capped federal spending for
residency training because of physician oversupply projections. However, aging
demographics, gender and economic trends are currently indicating just the
opposite. The Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) supports study
findings that the U.S. actually faces a shortage of up to 96,000 doctors by the
year 2020. IHA is working collaboratively with physician champions across the
state on a number of initiatives to address Illinois' physician shortages.
- 2010 Physician Residency/Practice Retention Study
The study, initially piloted in 2009, is a collaborative effort of
Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, the Illinois State
Medical Society and IHA to aggregate key information on graduating
physician's practice plans and retention activity for informed policymaking
and needed resources.
- Illinois Physician Workforce Summit
IHA, in conjunction with the Illinois State Medical Society and
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, convened Illinois'
second Physician Workforce Summit on March 10, 2010. Stakeholders discussed
national and state statistics, focused on rural issues, and collaboratively
determined next steps for addressing Illinois' physician supply and demand.
- Hospital-Physician Alignment
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