June 17th 2024
Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
April 5th 2024
Health care could use some hiring tips from Southwest Airlines.
January 26th 2024
Health care organizations must adopt a proactive and personalized approach to making physicians feel heard, valued, and interested.
January 3rd 2024
You know you should have a plan for when an employee leaves; but what if they want to return?
November 1st 2023
Technological advancements, patient expectations, and even global crises have dictated the need for skilled and adaptable professionals.
NP, PA Recruitment Trends Medical Practices Should Watch
To help medical practices determine if adding advanced practice clinicians is the right step, here’s a look at four major recruiting trends.
Hiring and Firing Right at Your Medical Practice
Why hiring slow and firing fast will pay off big for your practice in the long run.
Practices Face Highest Physician Turnover Rates
While physician recruitment is challenging, so is retention. Here’s why and how practices can deal.
Physician Recruiting Tips for Small Medical Practice Owners
Increase the likelihood that your job offers will be accepted and shrink the time looking for a new physician with these simple tips.
What Your Culture Says about Your Medical Practice
Here are some cues you may be missing when it comes to your medical practice's culture and messages you may send to potential physician candidates.
Physician Recruitment: Planning is Crucial
Hiring a new physician involves more time, cost, and complexities than any other new addition to your practice. Here are some tips to be better prepared.
Hiring a New Physician: Five Critical Questions
If you are thinking about hiring a physician this year, answering these five questions can help you compete for the best talent amid a national shortage.
My Practice's Next Hire: Nurse Practitioner or Physician?
When it comes to handling patient flow at my medical practice, I'm debating hiring either a nurse practitioner or a new physician.
Top Ten Medical Practice Leadership Qualities
What kind of leadership qualities do you look for in your office staff? Here are ten that are vital at physician practices.
Legal Pitfalls When Employing Nonphysician Providers
Nonphysician providers can help counteract the physician shortage, but be sure to consider these important legal requirements when employing them.
Stay Interviews: How to Keep Medical Practice Staff on the Job
Exit interviews tell you why good people are leaving – after they've left. Stay interviews help understand an employee's concerns while she is still on the job.
Giving Pay Raises to Practice Staff
Here are the dos and don'ts of rewarding your hardworking employees.
Terminating Medical Practice Staff: Be Sure to Follow the Law
Make sure your medical practice is on top of its legal responsibilities, especially when it comes to terminating the employment of a staff member.
Physician Shortage, Reform Lead to New Staffing Roles
Three healthcare jobs are seeing increased recruitment thanks to a lack of physicians and the Affordable Care Act.
Noteworthy: Where's the Wellness; Better Business Cards
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Adding a New Physician to Your Practice
A natural solution to an increased workload is to recruit for a new physician. Having a plan makes the process much more effective for both the new recruit and your practice.
Whether a Locum Tenens Physician Is Right for Your Practice
How to determine if a locum tenens physician is right for your practice.
Keys to Retaining Employees at Your Medical Practice
Losing a key member of your medical practice staff not only hurts operations, but it can be costly as well. Here are some tips to retain your top employees.
Embrace, Don't Exclude, Physician Assistants as Team Members
My experience as a leader at our hospital is just one example of using physician assistants as a valuable member of the healthcare team.
Medical Practice Staffing: There's No Right Number for All Physicians
In the wake of learning of another practice's staffing level, I'm re-examining what it takes to make my medical office run efficiently.
Hiring a Medical Practice Administrator
Hiring an administrator or practice manager may be one of the most significant hires you make. But how do you hire one successfully?
The Right People in the Right Roles Is Key to Your Medical Practice
No longer can a medical practice be run like it was in the last century. A successful medical practice must run more as a professional business.
Physicians Practice Staff Salary Survey 2012
Strategic staffing: Get your pieces in the right places
Medicare Fraud and Abuse and Your Practice
The government is getting more aggressive-a lot more aggressive-in going after possible fraud. Here's how to keep your practice out of legal hot water.
Firing Your Lawyer: Terminating a Medical-Legal Relationship
Few changes are as onerous as having to switch attorneys in the middle of an issue, especially in an active lawsuit.
The Physician’s Guide to Selecting a Lawyer
Here are some basic tips to help doctors pick the best legal help.
Health IT Support at Your Medical Practice: Hire or Train?
Properly using technology at your practice is critical, as is determining who will help you use it effectively.
Understanding Patient Feedback; The Healthiest States; The Color of Diabetes
Digesting feedback from patients; alternative treatments gaining momentum, the color of diabetes; and more.
Can That Applicant Do the Job at Your Medical Practice?
Tips for testing job skills - before you hire.
When a Physician Leaves Your Practice
It's time to say goodbye; here's how to do it without creating collateral damage