Physician-internist vs physician liaison

The differences between physician-internists and physician liaisons can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a physician-internist and a physician liaison. Additionally, a physician liaison has an average salary of $210,572, which is higher than the $204,979 average annual salary of a physician-internist.

The top three skills for a physician-internist include urgent care, patient care and private practice. The most important skills for a physician liaison are patients, patient care, and service line.

Physician-internist vs physician liaison overview

	Physician-Internist	Physician Liaison
Yearly salary	$204,979	$210,572
Hourly rate	$98.55	$101.24
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	38,382	64,483
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Physician-internist vs physician liaison salary

Physician-internists and physician liaisons have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Physician-Internist	Physician Liaison
Average salary	$204,979	$210,572
Salary range	Between $103,000 And $407,000	Between $106,000 And $417,000
Highest paying City	Sumter, SC	Eau Claire, WI
Highest paying state	North Dakota	North Dakota
Best paying company	Memorial Hospital of Texas County	UTMB HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
Best paying industry	Health Care	Health Care

Differences between physician-internist and physician liaison education

There are a few differences between a physician-internist and a physician liaison in terms of educational background:

	Physician-Internist	Physician Liaison
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Medicine	Business
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	University of Pennsylvania

Physician-internist vs physician liaison demographics

Here are the differences between physician-internists' and physician liaisons' demographics:

	Physician-Internist	Physician Liaison
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 68.4% Female, 31.6%	Male, 26.2% Female, 73.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.9% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% Asian, 20.4% White, 64.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 5.2% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.7% Asian, 19.1% White, 61.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	13%	13%

Differences between physician-internist and physician liaison duties and responsibilities

Physician-internist example responsibilities.

Manage complicated and often difficult to control chronic medical conditions in patients with limit resources.
Provide overall quality prenatal health care, gynecological services, patient triage, refer patients with complications, provide patient education service
Collect and dispatch blood samples according to national malaria eradication and sputum samples for national tuberculosis control program.

Physician liaison example responsibilities.

Distribute Medicare and Medicaid numbers to billing department, manage care department and all other applicable areas.
Promote and market the following destination programs: therapeutic endoscopy, general surgery and surgical oncology.
Visit referring physician offices with radiation oncology practice information and promotional materials to build effective referral relationships.
Trouble shooting physician and nurse relate EHR issues during implementation.
Oversee the day to day marketing operations of small radiation oncology center.
Develop sales strategies for beta launch of internal EMR system to community-base physicians.

Physician-internist vs physician liaison skills

Common physician-internist skills

Urgent Care, 57%
Patient Care, 19%
Private Practice, 9%
Medical Care, 5%
Diabetes, 4%
EKG, 2%

Common physician liaison skills

Patients, 21%
Patient Care, 6%
Service Line, 6%
Business Development, 4%
CRM, 4%
Excellent Interpersonal, 4%

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