By Craig Fowler, Senior Vice President Recruiting, Pinnacle Health Group What can physicians learn from corporate America and NBA coach Phil Jackson so that they’re able to take the physician burnout problem into their own hands? Surprisingly, it may be some of the very same advice they prescribe to patients. With physician burnout becoming an increasingly difficult […]
Three telltale signs you’re being courted by a great physician recruiter
By Craig Fowler, Senior Vice President Recruiting, Pinnacle Health Group Watching a great physician candidate slip away due to a communications breakdown, especially when it appeared the physician was an ideal fit for the opportunity, is painful to the say the least. A 2016 report released by the Association of American Medical Colleges and prepared by IHS, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Concierge Medicine: Personalizing Primary Care
Have you ever waited months to get an appointment to see your primary care doctor? Once you get an appointment, do you then have to wait a long time at the office to get into an exam room only to have the doctor spend a few minutes with you? Have you found that your doctor […]
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