Friday, January 20
According to MGMA, the number one challenge for medical practices in 2023 continues to be staffing. Turnover and burnout have added to the physician shortage issue, and experts predict both will significantly affect health care access over the next decade (according to Forbes).
Filed under Growing U.S. physician shortage, tips for physician recruitment
Tuesday, September 27
Physician recruiters are familiar with the physician shortage. Access to care sets the baseline for all healthcare, and the impact of the shortage is affecting historically marginalized and under-resourced populations disproportionately. Patients living in rural areas, for example, are more likely to struggle to access their clinician than a patient living in an urban or suburban area, per Patient Engagement. A September 2021 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation noted that 83.7 million people in the U.S. live in a designated primary-care health professional shortage area (HPSA).
Filed under Growing U.S. physician shortage, diversity in healthcare
Wednesday, February 23
Hiring and retaining staff is the #1 challenge for recruiters, hospitals, and healthcare facilities in 2022. We offered some tips in a previous article to ensure you’re recruiting, hiring, and retaining top physicians, but are you planning for coverage, too?
Filed under Growing U.S. physician shortage, tips for physician recruitment
Monday, December 13
Concerns that the nation faces a looming physician shortage, particularly in primary care specialties, have been a point of discussion for years now. Physician recruiters have been in the trenches with a full understanding of where the workforce is coming up short, but do you have a clear understanding of the issues at hand?
Filed under Growing U.S. physician shortage, rural physician shortage, tips for physician recruitment
Thursday, October 14
The American population is becoming more diverse. The chance that two people chosen at random are from a different race or ethnic group increased exponentially since the last U.S. Census. However, it probably won’t come as a surprise that the physician workforce hasn’t followed suit. Among the many stats, Black and Hispanic Americans account for nearly a third of the population, (per the U.S. Census Bureau), yet only 10% of them are doctors (per the AAMC) As for current medical students, just under 11% are Black or Hispanic (also per the AAMC).
Filed under Recruiting physicians for rural America, Growing U.S. physician shortage, tips for physician recruitment
Monday, May 20
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so it's the perfect time to talk about recruiting Psychiatrists.
Psychiatry is the second most-requested specialty for recruiting assignments (per a 2018 report from physician search firm, Merritt Hawkins) – and with good reason: the shortage of psychiatrists is more severe than shortages faced in virtually any other specialty.
Filed under Growing U.S. physician shortage, Guide to Recruiting Psychiatrists
Tuesday, March 13
The medical profession is still experiencing uncertainty and transition, and the demand for physicians is becoming increasingly competitive. What are you doing to ensure your recruiting breaks through? Here are five trends that are impacting physician recruitment now.
Filed under Physician burnout, physicians are mobile, Recruiting physicians for rural America, Growing U.S. physician shortage, Physician Recruitment Trends, Physicians are aging and retiring
America’s heartland is starved for doctors. Physician recruiters know getting doctors to live and work in rural areas is a chronic problem, and the growing physician shortage is making it even more difficult.
Filed under Recruiting physicians for rural America, Growing U.S. physician shortage
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