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, […]
Pinnacle Health Group Fall Happenings
Pinnacle Health Group participated in Hometown Health’s Fall Conference in Callaway Gardens, Georgia, American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Family Medicine Conference in Denver, Colorado, and the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. The PHG Team greatly enjoyed meeting physicians, recruiters, healthcare practitioners and industry experts as well as listening and participating […]
PHG finds a Hospitalist for a Medical Center in Georgia!
The Need: A medical center in Georgia was seeking a new physician to help address the community’s need for health care. The facility was also looking to build its own hospitalist program. Not only did the current physician shortage make the search challenging, but it was also important for the client to find someone who […]
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 […]
The Advantages of Working in a Rural Setting
Studies show that in the US, 65% of rural medical care centers lack adequate numbers of health professionals, with the distribution of physicians favoring urban areas. While rural areas often struggle when it comes to recruiting and retaining medical care providers, they also tend to be compromised of those who tend to be in poorer […]
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