2024 – Hospitals Will Face Another Year of Recruitment Challenges
The Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment’s (AAPPR) annual Internal Physician and Provider Recruitment Benchmarking Report shows that the huge demand for physicians continues to grow. The report shows “that active physician searches per year have more than doubled since 2017. Data also shows that 2022 marked the fifth straight year in which the percentage of searches filled decreased, as the demand for physicians remains competitive and labor remains scarce.” In addition a recent survey by The Physicians Foundations found that six in 10 doctors report feelings of burnout. And with the economy continuing to worsen and healthcare costs continuing to rise, we expect hospitals will face…