Physician Turnover Increased By 43% From 2010-2018, Research Indicates
Health IT Analytics (7/25, Melchionna) reports that Weill Cornell Medicine researchers, using an algorithm, discovered that the period from 2010 to 2018 resulted in a 43 percent increase in physician turnover, highlighting the need to determine the reasons for this trend and ultimately improve retention rates. Researchers developed a method to measure turnover between 2010 and the initial three quarters of 2020. The primary data source they used to create this algorithm was the Medicare Data on Provider Practice and Specialty (MD-PPAS). Health IT Analytics adds, “Between 2010 and 2018, the turnover rate jumped by 43 percent.
