Pinnacle Health Group’s (PHG) annual survey on ‘why physicians leave’ reinforces the industry’s outlook that compensation and work-life balance are main reasons why physicians leave their practices. The survey, which was sent to over 6,000 physicians across the nation between February and November last year, also revealed that 52% of the surveyed doctors are uncertain […]
PHG finds a PCC physician for a PA-based hospital!
The Need: This Lewiston, Pennsylvania-based hospital was in the midst of a two year search to replace a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician. They were searching for a general Pulmonary and Critical Care physician that would fill their void. Pinnacle Health Group worked quickly in implementing a recruitment campaign with the hospital administrators by proactively […]
7 Tips to Strengthen your Delegation Muscle
Delegation is an area of personal and professional management that many physicians don’t feel comfortable with. To succeed as a practicing physician, you must be competent when it comes to clinical delegation. In a busy practice you rely upon your clinical team, and you must effectively delegate authority and responsibility to your supporting staff. Unfortunately, […]
What do physicians think of the healthcare reform?
Pinnacle Health Group conducted an email campaign by surveying physicians about their thoughts on the healthcare reform bill. The survey started in May and was continually sent to respondents until September 2010. We queried 5,000 actively practicing doctors, residents and fellows across the country, which yielded a 22% response rate. Almost two-thirds of doctors who answered the survey worked for a for-profit facility, while 35% worked in non-profit healthcare groups. The demographic of physicians who answered the survey are predominantly single specialty and hospital-employed physicians. (35.7% and 27.5%, respectively).
The Tort Debate
The Tort Debate: Tort reform remains to be a prevalent issue in making healthcare more cost-effective. What are some of the main contentions for and against it? What do industry experts and physicians say about it?
Building a Successful Hospital Medicine Program
Building a Successful Hospital Medicine Program: How will healthcare groups contend with the physician shortage and other recruiting difficulties to develop a successful hospitalist program?
Pinnacle Health Group provides its expertise to EP Lab Digest on Cardiac Electrophysiologist recruitment!
What increased the demand for EP physicians? An increasing amount of patients desire specialist care. Electrophysiologists, meanwhile, are already swamped with a prevailing incidence of atrial fibrillation, particularly among the senior population. Along with biventricular defibrillators and lesion reintervention therapy, a majority of cardiology patients are electrophysiology candidates. “When recruiting EPs,” advised Mr. Broxterman, COO […]
Pinnacle Health Group Receives 2010 Best of Atlanta Award
For the third consecutive year, Pinnacle Health Group has been selected for the 2010 Best of Atlanta Award in the Executive Search Consultants category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).
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