by Rob Followell In my 25 years as a hospital executive, I always shared with physicians I was recruiting that three buckets must be filled for a physician to accept the position and be successful and happy long-term. Those are the personal, professional, and financial buckets. If any of the three are not filled, they […]
Maximize Physician Recruitment ROI with a 5-Stage, Just-In-Time Approach
By Michael P. Broxterman, Chief Operating Officer, Pinnacle Health Group A 2016 report released by the Association of American Medical Colleges and prepared by IHS, Inc. shows the physician deficit is worsening. By 2025, the shortage is expected to be between 61,700 and 94,700 physicians. Numbers like these require a more strategic approach to physician […]
There’s no magic pill to eliminate physician burnout, but corporate America (and NBA coach Phil Jackson) could teach us a few skills that help.
By AJ Suggs, Senior Vice President Marketing, Pinnacle Health Group With physician burnout becoming an increasingly significant problem, the onus is on healthcare employers to make meaningful improvements. By adopting some of the innovative approaches we see in other industries for improving the satisfaction and productivity of staff, not only do we have some new […]
WIN THE BEST PHYSICIAN CANDIDATES – Three simple ways to personalize your physician recruitment communications strategy
By Michael P. Broxterman, Chief Operating Officer, Pinnacle Health Group Few situations pain our physician recruiters and healthcare clients more than watching a promising physician candidate slip away due to a communications breakdown, whether it happens early in the recruitment process or late. A 2016 report released by the Association of American Medical Colleges and […]
Physician Recruitment and Employment Trends
Healthcare reform continues to affect the United States, and in turn, directly impacts physician workplace settings including their compensation and quality of life. In the first and second editions of the PhysicianCareer.com Recruitment and Employment Trends, we discussed the latest developments in physician recruitment and employment in Neurology, Emergency Medicine, Pathology, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Disease, […]
Why Physicians Choose Locum Tenens
by Carrie Abramson Locum tenens physicians fill in for other physicians on a short-term basis for a range of a few days to up to six months or more. When a clinic or hospital faces temporary employment gap due to vacancies, illness, or other causes, they hire locum tenens physicians to fill those vacancies and […]
Pinnacle Health Group’s 2015 Physician Compensation Report
Pinnacle Health Group’s compensation data is based on mean compensation and/or base salary for 174 surveyed physicians and 160 healthcare organizations, covering 40 specialties, from May to June 2015. The healthcare facilities for which the searches were performed included affiliated practices, healthcare management systems and physician groups. Compensation Trends The most notable trends impacting compensation […]
PHG finds an Ophthalmologist for a Medical School in West Virginia!
The Need: A regional medical center in West Virginia is seeking a physician to address the community’s increasing need for eye care. The facility was also looking to grow an Ophthalmology group with the goal of building a residency program in their medical school. The hospital also needed the physician as part of their succession […]
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