People are on edge about the sharp rise in malpractice insurance premiums. Many physicians have limited their clinical services or have even relocated to more equitable practice environments. Because of this, some hospitals in crisis states are concerned about overcoming physician recruitment obstacles and remaining competitive with other hospitals in non-crisis states.
The Four Keys To Successful Physician Recruitment
For many hospitals and medical organizations, physician recruitment is the lifeblood of the business. Therefore, it is important to understand how well you are implementing your recruitment plans and whether they are giving you the proper results. To determine this, you should review the four basic keys of physician recruitment.
Why Use a Recruitment Firm?
For most medical facilities, physician recruitment is a top priority and a continuous process. For this reason, many medical facilities choose to use the services of a physician recruitment firm. Below is a list of some of the top reasons why a recruitment firm can save you money in the long run.
Recruiting and Training Physicians to Achieve their Full Potential as a Partner in Managed Care
Before managed care complicated the picture, physician recruitment was already a challenging process. Recruiters sought a blend of medical expertise and personality characteristics. Physicians were not only interested in the practice, but also in the management dynamics of local hospitals and the community’s appeal to their families. Today’s managed care environment adds a new dimension […]
How to Recruit the Right Physician to Match Your Managed Care Environment
Using the status of your local managed care market to drive the recruitment process enables you to determine a better match with a candidate.
How to Select and Influence Physicians to Successfully Operate in a Managed Care Environment
Today’s successful physicians possess a skill that their predecessors did not require: the ability to factor economic considerations into their clinical decisions. Finding doctors with this expertise is challenging because it is not part of their traditional training.
eCruiting Trims Hospital Human Resources Costs
By Ted Elliott, for HealthLeaders.com Internet recruiting, or “eCruiting,” is rapidly changing employee recruiting, staffing, and even HR management in the healthcare arena as healthcare providers struggle to cope with an emerging critical shortage of labor. Changes brought about by the evolution of managed care as the dominant health care delivery model, combined with a […]