A 2021 Merritt Hawkins article reports increasing physician shortfalls in the U.S. while pointing out that almost 50 percent of all currently practicing physicians are older than 55. In some medical specialties, the “greater-than-55” physician numbers are between 60 to 90+ percent. Similar findings have been confirmed in an updated January 2023 Becker’s Hospital Review
Can AI solve the physician shortage crisis? originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
