primary care

Albany Times Union

In keeping with a growing demand for primary care doctors, job opportunities for the family practice physicians outweighed those for specialists last year, according to a study released Friday by the University at Albany’s Center for Health Workforce Studies. The overall marketplace for new doctors appears strong, according to Trends in Demands for New Physicians, 2010-2014.

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Crain’s New York Business

New York City is getting a new medical school in Harlem with the goal of training more doctors to practice in underserved communities across the state. The CUNY School of Medicine will be located on the City College campus near 138th Street and will partner with the Bronx-based St. Barnabas Health System.

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Syracuse.com

As the healthcare delivery system continues to undergo significant changes in America, WalletHub recently released a comparison of the 50 states and the District of Columbia designed to identify 2015’s Best & Worst States for Doctors.We have all witnessed changes locally as with the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), and the rise of hospital networks as with the affiliation of St. Joseph’s Hospital with Trinity Health. In addition, the rising costs of education have left the average medical school graduate with $176,000 of debt.

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