title: The broken covenant in U.S. healthcare.
abstract: There has been a long-established covenant in healthcare existing between physicians and society. This agreement, steadfast for decades, has been abrogated by society beginning in the 1990s with the arrival of managed care. Among other things, the broken covenant has resulted in the early retirement of physicians, thereby exacerbating the projected shortage of physicians for the U.S. healthcare system. Executive business coaching of physicians to increase their career satisfaction is presented as a solution to abate physicians retiring prematurely and thus meet society's growing demand for medical practitioners.
authors.affiliation: MedAchieve, Inc., 4 W. Riverside Drive, Jupiter, FL 33469, USA. michael@medachieve.com
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Cassatly
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Bergquist
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D010819:Physician's Role; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States