Physicians | UT Health Physicians (2024)

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Some states — North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and West Virginia — are experiencing worse shortages than others. Mostly rural states — Utah, Vermont, Tennessee, and remote territories like Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands — have the highest shortages in medical professionals per capita.

Dishonesty Doing a Disservice

Yet, despite the perceived “power of belief” that may allow lying to feel acceptable in certain circ*mstances, professional standards dictate that physicians should be forthright with their patients.

Ensuring patient safety is at the heart of the Hippocratic Oath: First, Do No Harm. As the nation's largest payer for health care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) mission in our National Quality Strategy includes ensuring everyone is safe when they receive care.

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By state, the supply of professionally active physicians in patient care per 10,000 resident population in 2019 was lowest in Idaho (19.0), Mississippi (19.8), and Wyoming (20.2), and highest in D.C. (65.8), Massachusetts (44.2), and Rhode Island (40.7).

1. Wisconsin – $397K. In Wisconsin, doctors earned an average of $397,000 in 2022 — edging ever closer to the $400,000 mark.

In 2024, Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska are the best states for practicing medicine, while Hawaii, Rhode Island and New Jersey are the most difficult, according to WalletHub's recently released list of the best and worst states for physicians.

But the essence of medical ethics, the golden rule, has been largely overlooked or undervalued: “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them” (Matthew 7:12).

Can doctors gossip about their patients? ›

Telling a story about a patient can be a HIPAA violation if the person telling the story is a member of a covered entity´s workforce who is disclosing individually identifiable health information without the patient's authorization.

According to the WSJ, many doctors look for signs of lying, such as avoiding eye contact, frequent pauses in the converstion, unusual voice inflections and other signs of anxiety.

Neurosurgery

A neurosurgeon is the highest-paid doctor on our list. Neurosurgery encompasses surgery of the brain, spinal cord/column, and peripheral nerves. Aspiring neurosurgeons must complete at least a seven-year residency.

This disturbing trend is backed up by the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC reports that women are 33 percent more likely to visit the doctor than men, and women are 100 percent better at maintaining screening and preventive care.

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Trustworthy examples include the American Academy of Family Physicians at familydoctor.org and the Mayo Clinic at mayoclinic.org. Be careful with commercial sites that end in ".com".