Healthcare News and Trends
New White Paper: Supply, Demand, and Recruiting Trends in Endocrinology
April 12, 2022
By Phillip Miller
In a June 2020 article, the Journal of Endocrinology and
Metabolism reported that “in the absence of any intervention” there will be
a deficit of 2,700 endocrinologists in the U.S. by 2025.
The shortage of endocrinologists is being driven to a
significant extent by the widespread prevalence of diabetes in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), 34 million Americans, or one in ten, have been
diagnosed with diabetes, while 88 million are prediabetic. Obesity is a further driver of endocrinal
disorders, and obesity prevalence in the U.S. now runs at 42%.
As with other medical specialties in short supply, relatively
few endocrinologists are being trained as both the general population and the
available workforce of endocrinologists ages.
Merritt Hawkins addresses these issues in a new white paper
entitled Endocrinology Supply, Demand and Recruiting Trends.
The white paper examines the development of endocrinology as
a specialty, education and training requirements for endocrinologists, and
scope of practice in the specialty. It
also examines supply, demand and compensation trends in endocrinology. The white paper concludes with
recommendations for how hospitals, medical groups and other entities can best
recruit these in-demand specialists.
A copy of the white paper can be downloaded here. I hope you find it
timely and informative.
Phillip Miller is Senior Principal of Thought Leadership for
AMN Healthcare, the nations innovator of healthcare talent solutions and parent
company of Merritt Hawkins. He can be
reached at phil.miller@amnhealthcare.com
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