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6 Tips to Host a Great Physician Interview
21 September 2011Many hospital or group employers go into interviews on a wing and a prayer, hoping that a physician candidate will like their opportunity and want to take the job. As a potential employer, you can proactively prepare to set up a fantastic interview that will truly make a difference in the success of the recruiting process [...]
4 Myths About Direct Mail Marketing to Candidates
8 September 2011If you are currently hiring physicians, you know how challenging and competitive the market is for physicians right now. Despite the need for physicians, many hospitals are looking for short cuts and ways to cut corners to save money in their recruitment efforts, due to the economic stress and the need to reduce costs. However, hospitals still need [...]
The Importance of Curiosity in Recruiting
1 September 2011A long time ago, when I took a few journalism classes, one of the themes that was often tossed around was the importance of curiosity in journalism – the best journalists are often those who are most curious. By having enthusiasm and natural curiosity for the world around them, journalists never assume to know everything [...]
What is Career Motivation?
8 April 2011Dreading Mondays? Living for Fridays?
Do you consider yourself “motivated” at work? Or, do you live for days like today (Fridays), counting down each minute until the weekend, or until your next day off? Does your career – your practice, your hospital job, or recruiting role motivate you on a daily basis?
How many people leap out of [...]
Doctors Face Challenges When Returning to the Physician Workforce
1 March 2011Physicians who attempt to return to the workforce after a prolonged absence often face many challenges. As a recent article outlines in the American Medical News, there is no standardized process for physicians to follow. Each state has different regulations and requirements for physicians to reinstate their licenses before returning to work.
Physicians may leave for [...]
How to Pay (and Recruit) Hospitalists
8 February 2011If you are recruiting hospitalists, your compensation package is a key tool in attracting the right candidates. As more and more hospitals have jumped into the hospitalist market, hospitalist demand and popularity has increased over the past several years, so the competition has grown tougher with each year.
HealthLeadersMedia recently ran a great article that outlines [...]
Bracing for the Other Storm of the Century – The ‘Silver Tsunami’
1 February 2011As parts of the midwest, mid-south, and northeast regions battle one of the worst winter weather systems in recent history, another storm of a different nature threatens to affect much of the entire country.
The “Silver Tsunami” is rapidly gaining strength, and it remains to be seen how the physician workforce and patient population will survive [...]
Can Doctors and Hospitals Live “Happily Ever After”?
16 November 2010Hospitals and doctors are entering into unions at a rapidly increasing rate. Health reform and shifts in the healthcare financial environment are fueling the trend. However, many physicians and hospital executives are proceeding into these relationships exercising extreme caution to avoid the pitfalls of the 1990s unions, many of which ended in bitter “divorce.”
As hospitals [...]
Today’s Vote Could Determine the Future of Healthcare Reform
2 November 2010For anyone who wishes that, as citizens, we could be allowed to cast a vote on major federal laws such as health reform, today may be the next best thing. By many accounts, today’s elections could determine the future of health reform. While a repeal is not likely, and may even be impossible, opponents of [...]
Former ABC News Medical Editor Releases Exclusive eBook About US Healthcare System
27 October 2010The Medicus Firm’s 2010 Physician Compensation Survey is Cited Regarding Physician Incomes in Primary Care vs. Specialty Care
Dr. Tim Johnson, former Medical Editor for ABC News and current medical correspondent for Good Morning America has released an exclusive eBook about the state of the healthcare system in America. The book, “THE TRUTH ABOUT GETTING SICK [...]
