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3. Physician leaders cite concerns about healthcare Physician leaders have a lot of concerns about the state of the healthcare industry. Indeed, 39% say they would not encourage their child to enter the profession. And yet, they have high overall job satisfaction; just 5% say they are dissatisfied.

4. Would physician leaders encourage healthcare career? Physician leaders are twice as likely other healthcare leaders to say they would not encourage their child to enter the profession. Their top reasons:

5. Would physician leaders encourage healthcare career?

6. Physician leaders on career satisfaction Physician leaders have high job satisfaction rates. Despite all the challenges, just 5% are dissatisfied. Here’s what they say is most important to career satisfaction.

7. Physician leaders on career satisfaction (cont.)

8. Physician leaders moving toward EMR Only about half (49.46%) of physician leaders currently have an EMR system. But more than a third (36.96%) say they expect to implement one within three years. For the 13.59% who do not plan to adopt EMR in the next three years, here’s what they say:

9. Physician leaders moving toward EMR (cont.)

10. Physician leaders rate challenges of running a practice Physician leaders ranked the challenges on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being most challenging. The most 5’s went to recruiting and retaining physicians, followed by billing and collections. But here’s a look at the percent of physicians who gave 4 and 5 scores to these factors.

11. Physician leaders rate challenges of running a practice (cont.)