This article is a collaboration between the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Jackson Physician Search. It was first published on the ACOEM website on September 11, 2023. Jackson Physician Search is proud to be an ACOEM-endorsed physician recruitment firm, leading the industry in OEM search.  The pandemic ... Read More

They say when one door closes, another one opens, and this can be especially true in physician recruitment. It’s always disappointing when an ideal candidate declines an offer; however, we assure clients that we will undoubtedly present another excellent candidate soon. If this occurs on the candidate’s side, our recruiters ... Read More

With concerns about rising physician turnover and more and more physicians reporting burnout, employers are motivated to find ways to improve physician retention. Organizational culture plays a critical role in employee engagement and job satisfaction, directly impacting retention. For this reason, healthcare leaders recognize the importance of hiring candidates for ... Read More

As a record number of physicians near retirement age, our white paper Preparing for the Wave of Physician Retirements Survey Results reveals disconnects that reinforce the need to plan. 1: Retirement Conversation: Who Initiates and How Much Notice is Enough?  Good News: Both administrators and physicians believe it is the ... Read More

Healthcare organizations of all types, sizes, and locales often find a need for assistance recruiting physicians. Even those in the most beautiful places on earth may struggle to attract candidates if they don't have the tools, resources, or time to do so. Such was the case for a private critical ... Read More

In any physician search, defining the role requirements involves debating which skills, attributes, and experience are genuinely must-haves versus nice-to-haves. Finding the right balance between the two is crucial for attracting a sufficient amount of qualified applicants. An experienced physician recruiter often knows even before posting the job if the ... Read More

When choosing a physician recruitment partner, it’s beneficial for a healthcare organization to select a firm with expertise in its specific region that has the resources and reputation to attract candidates from all over the country. As Senior Business Development Manager of the Jackson Physician Search Western Region, Eli Jiles ... Read More

The latest projections from the Association of American Medical Colleges suggest that by 2034, the United States will experience a shortage of between 37,800 and 124,000 physicians. However, healthcare organizations are already experiencing the impact of the physician shortage, with some specialties feeling it more than others. Nephrology, for example, ... Read More

Physician burnout remains prevalent among physicians and is a driver of poor engagement and increased rates of turnover. In our White Paper: Back from Burnout: Confronting the Post-Pandemic Physician Turnover Crisis, we outline 10 ways to begin mitigating burnout within healthcare organizations. 1: Lower Administrative Burdens Reduce paperwork by optimizing ... Read More

When an academic hospital in Connecticut first came to Jackson Physician Search about a potential physician recruiting partnership, they were actively trying to hire a specialized physician assistant and an OB/GYN. The team at Jackson Physician Search quickly assessed the market and presented crucial data about similar jobs in the ... Read More

A physician considering a future in leadership might define the goal as eventually running a department at a hospital or owning and operating his or her own practice. Through years of working with patients while navigating the healthcare business, the physician would have the experience necessary for either of these ... Read More

After months of searching for an orthopedic surgeon to join their group, the administrator at a Delaware orthopedic practice was understandably dissatisfied that the position was still open. As Senior Business Development Manager at Jackson Physician Search, Zach Underhill often hears from administrators and practice managers who have reached this ... Read More

Often situated in remote locations with fewer amenities, rural healthcare organizations are all too familiar with the challenge of recruiting and retaining physicians to care for their communities. As Regional Vice President of Business Development, it is Gary Seaberg’s responsibility to identify organizations such as these that may benefit from ... Read More

Every physician or provider search has its obstacles, but it is the especially strenuous searches that often result in organizations contacting Jackson Physician Search for assistance. After all, we have a track record of success with even the toughest searches, and we don’t shy away from a challenge. One client, ... Read More

Every day on her way to work at the Jackson Physician Search Dallas office, Director of Physician Recruiting Tonya Hamlin passes by the new tower being built for a hospital that happens to be one of her ongoing clients. Over the past year, she’s been speaking with candidates for this ... Read More

People tend to have strong opinions about where they want to live and work, and when it comes to a cold, remote location like Alaska--the answer is often a hard “no.” The isolation, freezing temps, and dark winters aren’t for everyone, and yet, Jackson Physician Search has been successfully placing ... Read More

It’s often said that if something happens once, it’s luck. If it happens twice, it’s a coincidence, but if it happens a third time, it’s a pattern. If this is true, Search Consultant Charly Dekle certainly established a pattern of rapid physician recruitment results with three pediatric placements at two ... Read More

An aging physician workforce combined with burnout and heightened pandemic-era stress has led to an increase in the recent rate of physician retirements. As the industry braces for the numbers to continue rising, one segment of physician retirements may be especially concerning--that of physician executives. Year to date, CEO turnover ... Read More

Healthcare organizations make the decision to partner with a physician recruitment firm for a wide variety of reasons, one of which is when they are faced with a complicated search. Perhaps the location is remote, or the patient population faces unique challenges; maybe the compensation is lower than the median, ... Read More

Physician recruitment remains one of the top challenges facing rural healthcare organizations. In my role as Regional VP of Business Development for Jackson Physician Search, I regularly speak with rural healthcare administrators who are not only worried about recruiting physicians but also retaining them. This is why it’s so important ... Read More

As the healthcare industry faces the challenge of an aging physician workforce, individual healthcare administrators must promptly find ways to manage increasing physician retirements within their organizations. However, the most commonly proposed solutions -- educating and training more physicians, increasing the number of residency spots, making it easier for foreign-trained ... Read More

The increasing demand for mental health services, coupled with a slim supply of physicians trained to provide aid, has exacerbated the mental health crisis in the US. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in five American adults suffers from mental illness, and nearly one in ... Read More

When a well-respected foot and ankle surgeon, Dr. P, took a physician executive job at a Western Colorado regional hospital, she knew it could be challenging for the group she was leaving to discover the particular candidate needed as her replacement. Most of the physicians in the private practice had ... Read More

While physicians have long been thought of as leaders in the community, the last decade has seen an increase in the number of physician executives leading healthcare organizations. However, a broader look at the timeline reveals the current percentage is still much lower than it was nearly a century ago ... Read More

As a Research Consultant for Jackson Physician Search, Katherine Hurford was frequently involved in successful physician placements throughout the Eastern division. Her dedication to proactive physician sourcing made her one of the most productive Research Consultants in the Alpharetta office, so it was no surprise when she was promoted to ... Read More

Despite the tightening physician recruitment market, Jackson Physician Search is placing more physicians year after year, and the average number of days it takes to place them has decreased. This demonstrates that physicians can indeed be found when the recruitment process is strategic, and the offer is right. This leads ... Read More

Industry leaders are bracing for a wave of rural and urban physician retirements. According to demographics compiled by the AAMC in 2021, 46.7% of physicians were over 55. This means nearly half of all physicians will be at retirement age in eight years. But, of course, age isn’t the only ... Read More

Based in Jackson Physician Search’s Denver office, Senior Search Consultant Misha Fabick knows all too well the specific challenges of recruiting physicians in the western region. While clients in small, remote areas often struggle to attract enough candidates, others, usually in the more picturesque mountain towns, may get applicants but ... Read More

Can physician executives lead the healthcare industry through these unprecedented times? Physician CEOs lead some of the most respected and successful healthcare organizations, and the trend is catching on. Healthcare organizations increasingly recognize the value that physicians bring to healthcare leadership roles and are hiring more physician executives.  There is ... Read More

Exactly how long does it take to place a physician? How long, and of course, how much will it cost? While there are several industry resources to guide expectations (the Jackson Physician Search Recruitment ROI Calculator and MGMA’s DataDive Provider Compensation Data, to name two), the reality is sometimes it ... Read More

A wave of physician retirements is coming, and most healthcare organizations are not prepared. According to a 2022 report from AAMC, 46.7% of physicians were age 55 or older in 2021. This means two in five will reach traditional retirement age in the next eight years. Beyond age, rising physician ... Read More

As organizations begin to feel the impact of the physician shortage, many organizations look to Advanced Practice Providers to support physicians and ensure patients have access to care. In the recent Jackson Physician Search Physician Recruitment Trends report, we shared that our number of Nurse Practitioner job placements quadrupled from ... Read More

As a generation of Baby Boomers continues to reach retirement age, organizations are faced with finding qualified replacements for these retiring physicians, many of whom are in leadership positions. With a majority of organizations lacking succession plans, most will be faced with launching an external physician executive search. This process, ... Read More

When community need for a Gastroenterologist grew too big to ignore, one small hospital in southwest Ohio launched a physician search to solve the problem. The 30-bed regional hospital, located in a village of two thousand people, did not have a Gastroenterology program. In past years, when there was a ... Read More

An increasing number of organizations are realizing the benefits of hiring physician executives. Physician executives are not only ideal liaisons between the administration and staff, but they also have firsthand experience with the needs and wants of patients and can advise on how best to grow the program’s offerings.   Physicians ... Read More

For several decades, healthcare industry experts have warned of a physician shortage. Fast forward to today, and the physician shortage is no longer a future problem; the shortage is here. And while it will worsen as time goes on, an AAMC report projects a shortage of between 37,800 and 124,000 ... Read More

As the world increasingly attempts to put the pandemic behind us, the healthcare industry continues to feel its impact on staffing. While COVID-19 did not ignite the healthcare staffing crisis, the stress it placed on medical professionals certainly fanned the flames. According to a joint Jackson Physician Search and MGMA ... Read More

As the Executive Vice President of Business Development for Jackson Physician Search, Tim Sheley has relationships with healthcare leaders throughout Kentucky. He makes an effort to learn about the challenges impacting healthcare organizations in the region and, when possible, find ways to help. There isn’t always an immediate need for ... Read More

The pandemic may have driven some physician executives into early retirement, but for others, a sense of duty caused them to delay instead. Now, with the worst of the pandemic behind us, we may be seeing an increase in turnover among healthcare and physician executives. As administrators seek to replace ... Read More

When a growing clinic, once an FQHC, in Alabama lost two primary care physicians early in 2022, the Medical Director knew they couldn’t afford a wait-and-see approach to finding replacements. They needed a national physician recruitment firm with a track record of success in the state, so they enlisted Jackson ... Read More

Staffing and recruitment challenges continue to weigh on the minds of healthcare leaders. In a recent MGMA Stat poll, 58% of medical practices said staffing was their top challenge going into 2023. In the midst of increased retirements, heightened turnover, and skyrocketing costs, attention is generally focused on recruiting -- ... Read More

Staffing continues to be top of mind for healthcare and physician executives nationwide, and the new year will bring new physician recruitment challenges and concerns to address. According to an MGMA Stat poll, 58% of medical practice managers say staffing is their biggest concern going into 2023. But, of course, ... Read More

As healthcare organizations all over the country face increasing staffing shortages and recruitment challenges, even those who don’t typically partner with physician recruitment firms find themselves willing to try something new in order to connect with the best candidates. For one healthcare organization with facilities throughout Texas, the time to ... Read More

A record number of physicians are nearing retirement age. Combine this with increasing physician burnout and low physician job satisfaction, and it’s not surprising to learn that physician retirements are above projected levels, leaving healthcare organizations nationwide with vacancies that make it harder to meet the needs of the communities ... Read More

According to a December MGMA article, healthcare and physician executives may be the next group to join the "Great Resignation." The article references an ACHE report that found turnover among hospital leadership was slightly lower in 2020 and 2021 than it was in the prior eight years. The dip suggests ... Read More

As one of the harder specialties to recruit, it’s not unusual for Gastroenterology job openings to remain vacant for more than a year. With demand for cancer screenings increasing and only 500 GI fellows coming out of training each year, the problem is worsening. The latest projections show a shortage ... Read More

Healthcare experts often point to rising physician burnout as the root cause of broader industry issues such as high physician turnover, low retention rates, and long recruitment cycles. When burned-out physicians opt to leave their jobs, it can cost their employers millions in lost opportunity and recruitment expenses. The cost ... Read More

When a California-based healthcare technology company needed to hire a Vice President of Life Sciences, they were hoping to find an experienced physician executive to run the division. The company’s CEO knew Jackson Physician Search had strong access to physician executives and were experts in physician executive recruitment, so he ... Read More

Senior Director of Recruiting Sally Ann Patton is no stranger to the challenges of rural physician recruitment. Over the years, she has successfully recruited multiple physicians for a hospital client in rural West Virginia in a town about an hour from Pittsburgh. Leveraging a 100% digital recruitment strategy, she helped ... Read More

Healthcare is facing tremendous challenges -- staffing shortages, financial concerns, physician burnout, and more -- and the industry will need strong leadership to guide it through these unprecedented times. Increasingly, healthcare organizations recognize the value that physicians bring to healthcare leadership roles and are hiring more physician executives. However, not ... Read More

When a large health system in Minnesota sought to grow its neuro-hospitalist program, leadership knew hiring a neurologist wouldn’t be easy. Neurology is one of the hardest specialties to recruit, so the hospital’s leadership wanted to bring in a physician recruitment partner. As a preferred vendor of the Minnesota Hospital ... Read More

While the world saw tremendous gains in the fight against COVID-19 in the past year, challenges faced by the physician workforce — amid continuing staffing shortages — remain just as intense, pushing their levels of stress and burnout to new highs and worsening a turnover epidemic. Before the pandemic and ... Read More

A multi-specialty group in a West Florida metro was tired of paying high upfront recruitment fees with limited results. The Recruitment Director was seeking to change physician recruitment partners, so when a new team member introduced her to his former colleague, Angela Desin, Director of Recruiting at Jackson Physician Search, ... Read More

It was 2019 when Jackson Physician Search first began working with an independent regional hospital in rural East Texas. Several years and multiple placements later, Senior Vice President Dane Altman introduced himself to the organization’s new CEO at a conference. It had been a little while since they had engaged ... Read More

The worst of the pandemic may be behind us, but the healthcare community continues to feel its impact on staffing. Of course, COVID-19 did not incite the healthcare staffing crisis, but it most certainly fanned the flames by adding to the stress on providers who were already stretched thin. As ... Read More

When Chris Kratochvil, Regional Vice President of Jackson Physician Search, first reached out to the administrator at a radiology group to offer physician recruitment assistance, he was told the services were not required. The group, located in a small Minnesota metro, hired one or two radiologists annually and had always ... Read More

In a recent MGMA STAT poll, 90% of administrators reported their group’s costs were increasing faster than revenue--with staff and labor the most frequently cited area of rising costs. This certainly follows the basics of supply and demand. The provider shortage, coupled with recent increases in turnover and retirements, mean ... Read More

It’s no secret that, in most markets, the demand for physicians increasingly outweighs the supply. As a result, physicians in the job market have more options and higher expectations than at any time in the past. This means your organization is competing with countless others to attract top physician talent, ... Read More

When an East Coast hospital needed to hire a psychiatrist, the in-house recruitment team knew exactly which physician recruitment partner they wanted. They were familiar with the stellar reputation of Jackson Physician Search and were eager to enlist the help of JPS Director of Recruiting Angela Desin. Angela prepared the ... Read More

Physician recruitment is increasingly challenging for hospitals and medical practices. All too often, the demand for a particular specialty far outweighs the supply, meaning recruiters are asked to do the near impossible. Many times, bringing in additional help is the only logical solution, and yet, how can you be certain ... Read More

While the healthcare M&A numbers may suggest that small, independent private practices are disappearing, many private groups continue to be profitable. Their leaders understand the significant challenges they face and are finding creative ways to carve out and grow market share. This was true for one Jackson Physician Search client ... Read More

Physicians search for jobs for a variety of reasons. Some hope to earn more money with a new employer. Others may want a physician job with better work-life balance or more collaborative leadership. Then, there are those who are looking for new jobs because their families want or need to ... Read More

One in five children in the US is diagnosed with a mental health disorder every year, and as is the case with so many issues, the pandemic only made matters worse. Depression, anxiety, attention deficit disorders, eating disorders, behavioral problems… when children experience these issues, parents rarely know what to ... Read More

Dr. S scrolls a physician job board while waiting in the carpool line.  Dr M scans your physician job ad on her phone while in line at the supermarket.  Dr. P reads your job alert email in the hospital breakroom between shifts.  What do these physicians have in common? They’re ... Read More

It was 2012 when Carly Clem, then a recruitment consultant at Jackson Physician Search, received an assignment to work with a new client, a 300+ bed hospital located in Kentucky. Ten years and multiple placements later, Carly, now a senior director of recruiting, remembers that day as the beginning of ... Read More

Some of your patients no longer want to see you…at least, not in person. The pandemic may have initially forced the widespread adoption of telehealth, but patients and providers alike have continued to enjoy its benefits. In April of 2020, telehealth usage in the US was 78 times higher than ... Read More

For independent physician groups, physician recruitment can be especially challenging. Private practices are increasingly being acquired or are merging with other groups. These larger healthcare organizations have greater resources to recruit, including in-house recruitment teams in many cases. For those practices that remain independent, they often find themselves competing with ... Read More

In the latest annual survey from the American College of Healthcare Executives, health executives ranked “staffing shortages” as their number one concern for the first time since 2004, bumping “financial challenges” from the top spot. It's not difficult to surmise what may have caused the shift. Perhaps the short-term staffing ... Read More

With the help of a colleague, recruiter Don Evans made an incredible 44-day family medicine placement in rural Texas. When the CEO of a healthcare system in rural Texas submitted an inquiry through the Jackson Physician Search website, Divisional Vice President Cheyenna Villarreal responded right away. She learned they needed ... Read More

When Jackson Physician Search Director of Recruiting Katie Moeller first met with her new client, a 100-bed, rural hospital in Iowa, they needed help recruiting an OB-GYN to support the current (and only) OB-GYN on staff. Katie knew all too well the challenges of recruiting a rural OB-GYN physician, but ... Read More

When a ground-breaking wound care clinic in a suburb of Atlanta lost its sole physician unexpectedly, the practice manager immediately reached out to Jackson Physician Search for help. He submitted a query through the website the day before Thanksgiving, not hopeful that he’d hear from anyone before the holiday. Much ... Read More

The results of the recent Rural Physician Recruitment and Staffing Survey show that 90% of physicians are open to considering a rural physician job if conditions are right. Physicians are drawn to rural medicine for a number of reasons, and the report suggests those differences often vary along generational lines ... Read More

The physician shortage continues to be top of mind among healthcare leaders around the nation, but perhaps nowhere is it felt more deeply than in the nation’s rural areas. Intensifying the problem is the fact that rural physicians are retiring in droves and the number of medical residents who grew ... Read More

The 2022 Rural Physician Recruitment and Staffing Survey from Jackson Physician Search and LocumTenens.com gave rural organizations yet another reason to feel optimistic about their physician recruitment efforts. The data indicates 90% of physicians are open to rural opportunities if the conditions are well-aligned with their most important wants and needs ... Read More

The best relationships don’t happen overnight. It’s as true for business partnerships as it is for friendships and family relationships. A strong, lasting partnership begins with a willingness to get to know someone new. When a connection is made, there must be an effort to build trust by delivering on ... Read More

The results of the recent Rural Physician Recruitment and Staffing Survey give rural healthcare organizations reason to be optimistic about their recruiting efforts. The new data shows 90% of physicians are open to considering a rural physician job. The report provides insight not only about who will consider physician jobs ... Read More

Rural healthcare organizations saw an early “silver lining” from the global pandemic in that an increasing number of physicians, burned out and exhausted by the stress of COVID-19, expressed interest in rural physician jobs. In the Jackson Physician Search whitepaper on how COVID changed the physician job market, several recruitment ... Read More

When rural healthcare organizations see the positive impact a permanent physician recruitment firm can have on one difficult physician search, they are often eager to get those same results for every vacancy. Such was the case at a rural east Texas hospital where Jackson Physician Search had made a rapid ... Read More

A high-volume Orthopedic Surgery practice in a rural Midwestern community was struggling to recruit a Total Joint/Adult Reconstruction Orthopedic Surgeon. Rural physician recruitment is often a challenge. As one of the most in-demand surgical specialties, orthopedic surgeons typically have a longer time to fill, and a vacancy of any length ... Read More

A new survey from Jackson Physician Search and LocumTenens.com – both part of the Jackson Healthcare family of companies – shows hope for rural healthcare organizations to make progress in resolving their physician staffing challenges. We surveyed physicians currently working in urban, suburban, and rural settings to better understand their ... Read More

A family-owned practice in urban New Jersey was searching for a physician who was as unique as the practice itself. Located in a community primarily made up of second-generation Italian immigrants, the administrators hoped to find a physician who spoke Italian. But this wasn’t the only unique job requirement. The ... Read More

The provider shortage combined with rising burnout levels and increased turnover mean that even top-ranked hospitals are likely to face provider recruitment woes. This certainly was the case for a critical access hospital in rural North Dakota that had just lost its sole Emergency Department provider, a Nurse Practitioner. While ... Read More

What a year…again. As healthcare professionals gear up to begin year three of a global pandemic, what can administrators expect in terms of demand for physician services and compensation for their unending efforts? While no one can say exactly what 2022 will bring in terms of the pandemic, without a ... Read More

According to a November 2021 article in the New York Times, Texas is having a moment of growth. The state is home to some of the fastest-growing areas in the country. So, why are so many people moving to Texas? The article attributes its attractiveness to the abundance of jobs, ... Read More

According to Silverline, 82% of patients report that their most important factor when choosing healthcare is quality customer service. From limited service offerings to long wait times, several aspects can play a huge role in a practice’s ability to grow and provide quality care to its community. In an effort ... Read More

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) ensure access to care, however, they can only serve as many patients as they have physicians to treat. The need is immense, and yet, recruiting for FQHCs can be difficult. Locations are not always ideal and the patient population can be challenging. Compensation packages may ... Read More

Medical staff planning has never been more important. The much-discussed Great Resignation is hitting the healthcare community particularly hard. The impact of COVID-19, along with other factors, has caused physicians and other healthcare providers to rethink their careers. In a 2021 Jackson Physician Search whitepaper on physician retention, 54% of ... Read More

According to Mental Health America, approximately 1 in 12 adults in the US suffer from substance abuse disorder. Those seeking treatment for addiction and substance abuse disorder may be prescribed medications to ease withdrawal symptoms and curb cravings. These medications are helpful, but the founders of a new addiction treatment ... Read More

We recently surveyed physicians and administrators to gain insight into physician recruitment, engagement, retention, and succession planning and published the results in our [White Paper] Getting Ahead of Physician Turnover in Medical Practices Survey. We learned that only 16% of administrators reported having a formal, written physician succession plan, and ... Read More

Does it feel like recruiting and retaining physicians is more challenging than ever? Whether due to the impact of COVID-19 on physician jobs or increasing physician retirements, a perceived spike in physician turnover weighs heavily on the minds of healthcare leaders. So, how are medical practice managers and healthcare administrators ... Read More

Across industries, the global talent shortage is disrupting business as usual. However, it’s nothing new to the healthcare industry, specifically as it relates to physicians. Concerns about a physician shortage have been mounting for decades, but an aging and increasingly burned out physician workforce may be creating a spike in ... Read More

As a national physician recruitment firm with offices across the country, Jackson Physician Search understands the nuances of placing physicians in vastly different areas of the United States. From major metro hospitals to remote, rural health centers, each organization offers a unique opportunity, and it is the job of Jackson ... Read More

Jackson Physician Search and MGMA recently surveyed physicians and administrators to gain insight into physician recruitment, engagement, retention, and succession planning within medical practices. A physician workforce pushed like never before in 2020 is still feeling intense strain as the COVID-19 pandemic continues through 2021, and the effects in turnover ... Read More

Rural hospitals sometimes struggle to recruit quality physicians due to the difficulties of making a job in a small town seem desirable to candidates who tend to explore opportunities in metro areas. However, one rural hospital in Oklahoma discovered a great solution to filling open roles was to forge a ... Read More

Considering that a single physician vacancy can result in $130,000 to $150,000 per month in lost revenue, more in certain specialties, and physician searches require 6 to 12+ months, it is vital to evaluate your current physician recruitment process. The most effective and efficient way to recruit physicians is through ... Read More

Nowhere is the physician shortage felt more acutely than hospitals and healthcare organizations in rural communities. According to the AAMC, while 20% of the American population lives in rural areas, only 11% of physicians practice there - and that percentage may be shrinking as rural physicians retire and fewer graduating ... Read More

In today’s healthcare employment landscape, physicians interested in finding a new opportunity don’t have to look too far to find out what jobs are available. In fact, most physicians receive between 20 and 40 job opportunities each month. Throughout this series on digital recruitment strategies, we outlined how to successfully ... Read More

When the Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) endorsed Jackson Physician Search as its first and only recruitment partner, healthcare organizations around the state took notice. For more than a century, MHA has worked to provide Minnesota’s hospitals and health systems with the resources, best practices, and guidance to deliver exceptional patient ... Read More

When facing a physician vacancy, listing the position on a few key job boards is often the first step a physician recruiter takes to begin sourcing candidates. A well-written job description and physician job ad can be a very effective way to generate candidate interest in your opportunity. But it ... Read More

Healthcare organizations and physician recruiters trying to fill physician vacancies have long known just how challenging it can be in today’s ultra-competitive physician recruitment environment. Couple that with a tiny candidate pool that is characteristic of some specialties, and sourcing physician candidates becomes much more difficult. Over the past five ... Read More

Successful physician recruitment hinges on digital sourcing. The most effective way to reach potential job candidates and fill your physician vacancy is by connecting with them where they are spending the most time, and these days, that is most likely online. Physicians are no different from the rest of us; ... Read More

A true success story, a physician search for a Reproductive Endocrinologist earns Doximity’s “Hire of the Quarter.” Reproductive Endocrinology has a small candidate pool, marking the specialty as one of the most challenging to recruit. Physician searches can go on for months since it’s estimated that just 11 percent of ... Read More

The landscape in which physicians practice is constantly evolving, requiring physicians, administrators, and recruiters to adapt. While the COVID-19 pandemic was something no one could have predicted, it has accelerated many of the physician practice trends that were already underway in the healthcare industry. Rising physician burnout, renewed interest in ... Read More

The average length of a Primary Care physician search is 180 days. However, for rural health centers, the physician recruitment cycle is often longer. Some rural facilities spend years – not to mention tens of thousands of dollars – searching for a Primary Care physician to meet the needs of ... Read More

Physician recruitment and candidate sourcing have experienced a great transformation over the last decade. It used to be that paper-based direct mail campaigns were thought to be the most effective way to reach a large pool of physician candidates. Today, we have better tools available. 1. Cultivate a Digital Physician ... Read More

Belonging to one of the most sought after specialties, Cardiologists can expect to find heavy demand for their services. Dr. F, a 2021 graduate of a Cardiology program in Miami, hoped to find a position that offered a family friendly atmosphere and flexibility in her practice. She had recently interviewed ... Read More

Ask how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted physicians and you’ll get as many answers as there are physicians. Each one has and continues to experience the pandemic differently, however some common themes emerge. From the battle-worn emergency medicine physicians and hospitalists who experienced COVID-19 up close in ERs and ICUs, to ... Read More

To be successful in the highly competitive world of physician recruitment, rural healthcare facilities have to go the extra mile to win top talent. When seeking to recruit an Internal Medicine physician who also appeared to be a perfect cultural fit, our client in Texas did just that by getting ... Read More

In our previous installment, we discussed the costs incurred with physician vacancies. If you missed it, find it here. In today’s ultra-competitive physician recruitment environment, the old axiom “Time is Money” is more relevant than ever. Depending on the specialty, a physician vacancy can result in over $150,000 per month ... Read More

Some physician specialties are a little easier to recruit than others, but Gastroenterology (GI) just isn’t one of them. With physician retirements on the rise and only 500 GI Fellows completing training each year, these can be some of the most challenging searches a hospital or medical group will face ... Read More

When faced with physician vacancies, there is often pressure to expedite the physician recruitment process. Unfortunately, a misguided sense of urgency can lead to costly mistakes. Instead, when faced with a physician vacancy, it is wise to balance urgency with a clear understanding of the type of physician best suited ... Read More

With a specialty pool of fewer than 5,000 actively practicing physicians, a large health system located in a major metro in the Southeast had spent 18 months trying to recruit a radiation oncologist. The system’s highly-skilled, internal recruitment department was attracting candidates to the physician job posting, but none had ... Read More

Recently we discussed how advanced practice providers could be a solution to the growing physician shortage. Next, learn some of the benefits of adding APPs to your staff. Download 1. Increases Patient Satisfaction More than 90% of patients trust advanced practice providers (APPs) and believe that they perform high-quality care, ... Read More

Have you ever visited a town that didn’t have a single stoplight? Now, imagine living in this town and knowing that there are just two physicians to care for all of its residents. This is the case for a 10-bed Critical Access Hospital in rural Wyoming serving a community of ... Read More

Imagine a town where the winter temperatures are often below freezing. The living room window looks out to a dark tundra with multiple feet of snow. Could you see yourself living here? Now, imagine recruiting a physician to this same location. How would you go about it? This was the ... Read More

One of the silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic was the way in which it renewed public appreciation for healthcare providers. Among those on the frontlines, a sense of “we’re all in this together” developed, helping to lift spirits when they needed it most. Of course, it wasn’t only physicians ... Read More

Rural physician recruitment is no easy task. When you factor in marketing and interview expenses, sign-on bonus, and relocation stipend, it can cost up to $250K to hire one physician. So, when a small critical access hospital in rural South Carolina learned that one of its Family Medicine physicians was ... Read More

A competitive compensation package is critical to finding success in physician recruitment but offering top dollar on its own is rarely enough to win over today’s top physicians. Rural hospitals, especially, find that determination, creativity, and a willingness to go the extra mile throughout the recruitment process is key to ... Read More

Considering that 2 of 5 currently practicing physicians are at or near retirement age and the staggering physician shortage estimates, medical residents may be the missing puzzle piece to complete your physician staffing plan. If your facility is considering engaging medical residents now or in the future, learn 6 tactics ... Read More

Medical residents often begin the physician job search process 12-18 months prior to completing their training, making spring prime-time recruiting season. With the physician shortage forecasted between 54,100 and 139,000 by the year 2033, recruiting medical residents is the best hope for healthcare administrators to fill in any gaps in ... Read More

Six months is the average amount of time it takes to fill a Family Medicine vacancy, and for a rural hospital with limited resources, the search often takes even longer. Meanwhile, other physicians are picking up the slack to care for patients, risking an increase in burnout. This unfortunate predicament ... Read More

Effective physician retention requires a multifaceted strategy that addresses clinical and cultural fit, new-hire orientation, retention benefits, physician engagement, leadership development, formal recognition, as well as physician burnout. Our recent Physician Retention Survey results suggest that many healthcare organizations are attempting to address some of these dimensions, but a large ... Read More

Fearful of professional consequences, some physicians may delay or decide against seeking the help they need to maintain optimal mental health – and the consequences can be devastating. The death of Dr. Lorna Breen, an ER doctor at a Manhattan hospital, made headlines in April of 2020. “She was a ... Read More

In a 2019 opinion piece for the New York Times, Dr. Danielle Ofri of Bellevue Hospital in New York, argues that “corporate healthcare” regularly takes advantage of the ethical commitment physicians and other healthcare providers feel toward their patients. When 15 minutes isn’t enough time for a sick patient, they ... Read More

Psychiatry is a very tough specialty to recruit. Just prior to the pandemic, U.S. News reported that more than 115 million Americans live in areas where there is a shortage of mental health providers. Undoubtedly, with the stress of COVID-19, the number of people seeking mental health services is rising ... Read More

A private group of orthopedic clinics and outpatient surgery centers with locations throughout Georgia needed to quickly recruit a family medicine physician in order to meet increasing patient demand. On December 1, 2020, Jackson Physician Search Senior Search Consultant Ross Hegenwald was selected to lead the charge. With the holidays ... Read More

President of Jackson Physician Search, Tony Stajduhar, reviews the results of our recent Physician Retention Survey, which also provides insight into physician engagement, physician burnout, as well as how COVID-19 is affecting physicians' career plans now and into the future. The great challenge for healthcare administrators is to develop an ... Read More

A private radiology practice in Wisconsin was facing increasing patient demand when Business Development Manager Chris Kratochvil first spoke to the practice manager, in February of 2019. At that time, the practice wasn’t sure of its plans. Was it ready to bring on a new partner or did it just ... Read More

We successfully placed an Orthopedic Surgeon with an Arkansas hospital five years ago and, when that physician departed for personal reasons, the hospital came back to Regional Vice President Gary Seaberg to find a replacement. Senior Search Consultant David Isenberg immediately dove in. He started by meeting with the hiring ... Read More

The healthcare industry continues to wrestle with how to solve the looming physician shortage, and now it appears that COVID-19 will make it even more challenging. Prior to the pandemic, more than one-third of practicing physicians were already at or anticipated to reach age 65 within the decade. Combined with ... Read More

Challenge A six-clinic, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in rural Northern and Central Pennsylvania had undergone continuous growth in order to provide its communities with much-needed medical and dental services. With two dental clinics as part of its network, the CEO needed a proven, trusted recruitment partner who had experience ... Read More

As healthcare administrators pursue their 2021 physician staffing plans, it’s a perfect time to share the intel we’ve been gathering from physicians over the past six months. Jackson Physician Search asked physicians via our candidate email newsletter and job opportunity emails to answer a single poll question related to their ... Read More

Jackson Physician Search had just made a successful physician placement at a Louisiana medical group when it found itself in a sudden bind. One of its senior physicians had become seriously ill and could no longer serve the group's primarily Medicaid patient population. Additionally, another physician was about to go ... Read More

For two years, a Midwestern academic institution tried to fill a Family Medicine Department Chair position. Faculty members were all pitching in to help, but the lengthy vacancy was taking a toll on everyone. Impressed by our track record of quickly presenting qualified physicians, the institution decided to give Jackson ... Read More

If you are working on your 2021 Staffing Plan and want to ensure your organization's success, consider these three factors: the current state-of-the-market, retaining physicians, and planning for retirements. We dive into each in this helpful Infographic Guide. Download 1. Recruitment

• With 7% annual turnover, 50,000 physicians will accept ... Read More

This year marks the 10th annual National Rural Health Day, a day set aside to celebrate rural communities and to honor the mission-oriented healthcare providers who selflessly care for some 57 million Americans. It’s also a time to bring awareness to the unique challenges facing rural healthcare organizations. Unlike any ... Read More

The three R’s of physician staffing include recruitment, retention, and retirement, and all three are integral to achieving your physician staffing goals. For years, the industry has warned that we’re on the cusp of a mass exit of talent as baby boomer physicians inch closer to retirement. No longer cautionary ... Read More

Have you ever thought about how much healthier patients would be if they just followed their caregivers’  instructions? It’s a frustration that virtually all caregivers feel because the consequences of patients’ non-compliance are very real in terms of morbidity and mortality, not to mention costs.  Within the last decade, patients ... Read More

MGMA’s Medical Practice Excellence Conference (MPEC20), held October 19-21, 2020, provided a top-notch line-up of speakers who are well-versed in identifying and implementing solutions to the challenges healthcare executives face each day in their medical groups. Contributing to the impressive educational tracks, Jackson Physician Search President Tony Stajduhar discussed the ... Read More

Jackson Physician Search President Tony Stajduhar discussed the current state of physician staffing and what healthcare organizations can do to succeed in the competitive physician hiring marketplace at the recent MGMA Medical Practice Excellence Conference (MPEC20). In his presentation, Tony broke it down into three distinct categories: Recruitment, Retention, and ... Read More

Challenge A 330-bed acute care hospital located in a south Texas community of more than 100,000 people was finding it a challenge to attract physician candidates who were both a clinical and cultural fit. The leadership team recognized how the growing physician shortage coupled with a seemingly endless supply of ... Read More

The pandemic has given hospital administrators the unwanted experience of activating their emergency operations plans or emergency preparedness plans. With no immediate end in sight, preparing for the next spike in infections or, alternatively, the next natural disaster is top of mind throughout healthcare organizations. Granted, no emergency preparedness plan ... Read More

Physicians continue to express interest in new job opportunities despite the continuing pandemic. With an annual turnover rate of 6-7%, two out of five physicians reaching retirement age, and a physician shortage now projected at 139,000 by 2033 per the AAMC, strategic physician recruitment must carry on. Wired for adaptability, ... Read More

Healthcare facilities in rural or “less popular” locations face an uphill climb in physician recruitment due to the growing physician shortage and maldistribution of providers. So, when a physician candidate shows genuine interest in the opportunity and appears to be both a clinical and cultural fit, a well-organized, on-site physician ... Read More

Jackson Physician Search Senior Consultant Kyle Knox was recently invited by the New Hampshire Hospital Association and the Maine Hospital Association to present "Keeping Your Staffing/Recruitment Plans on Track in Today's Reality" via webinar. As COVID-19 continues to usher in a new normal for hospitals and medical groups, healthcare providers ... Read More

Physician recruitment can be a lengthy and costly process. A vacancy not only impacts your facility's ability to care for patients, it also can have a detrimental effect on your bottom line. It is common to invest up to $250K in the candidate you ultimately hire, including marketing, interview expenses, ... Read More

Challenge With physician recruitment becoming increasingly competitive due to the growing shortage of candidates and continued maldistribution of talent, a Federally Qualified Health Center in Pennsylvania was seeking a partner to help increase its candidate reach and streamline the process for hiring the physicians needed to meet community demand. The ... Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping healthcare in nearly every conceivable way, and that includes how physicians are being recruited. But the enduring challenge in the recruitment and hiring process remains: mastering the interview - whether on-site or virtually - to deliver the first-time WOW experience for the right candidate. Why ... Read More

Challenge Due to rapid community growth and its relatively close proximity to larger cities, a 230+ bed Maryland hospital was struggling to build a pipeline of physician candidates. To meet increasing patient demand, the hospital needed to recruit several specialists who fit the culture and would help to expand services ... Read More

Physicians play an invaluable role in our health system, a role that has taken on new urgency as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to sweep across the nation, and the world. We admire physicians for their dedication and their tireless service to the community. So why is it that, despite average ... Read More

President of Jackson Physician Search, Tony Stajduhar, reviews the results of our recent Physician Interview Experience survey and provides a best-in-class recruitment and interview process that administrators and physician recruiters can follow to recruit more physicians after the first on-site interview. Mastering the On-site Interview: Results from the 2020 Physician ... Read More

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis in America has been a real test of the scope and resolve of our healthcare community, with physicians, nurses and support staff stepping up in even the most dangerous circumstances to help save patients’ lives. It has also offered a unique opportunity for physicians to do ... Read More

Prior to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases, a June poll conducted by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) showed that the majority of medical practices (87 percent) have recovered at least some patient volume since COVID-19 took hold in the U.S., and almost half of those reported patient volumes ... Read More

Rural healthcare organizations are facing ever-mounting financial, recruitment and patient care challenges in the “new normal.” Fortunately, the next wave of financial help is on the way. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced last week that $4 billion in COVID-19 relief funds were being released to ... Read More

Tony Stajduhar, President of Jackson Physician Search, joined Craig Hunter, Senior VP at Coker Group last week to lead an MGMA webinar titled, “Interpreting Compensation Data for Physician Recruitment Success.” The main objective was to help healthcare administrators understand and utilize the various compensation data sources available to build a ... Read More

The psychological impact of COVID-19 on frontline healthcare workers, including physicians, is yet to be fully realized and understood. From initial worries about having enough PPE to working endless hours treating those afflicted with the virus, the past several months has taken a toll. To bring more awareness to the ... Read More

It’s human nature to look for positive outcomes in even the most challenging of situations, and in spite of our current reality, these times are no different. So, when a healthcare facility in Alabama came to us in the middle of COVID-19 after losing two Ear, Nose, and Throat physicians ... Read More

Download 5 Ways to Move the Needle on the Physician Shortage For the healthcare industry, the COVID-19 pandemic is raising new challenges that no one expected in our lifetime. It is also shining a spotlight on challenges that have been around for a while—like the physician shortage. Many ... Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that people will always find ways to adapt to meet their needs. The same can be said for patients seeking healthcare, as evidenced by the 4,347% increase in telehealth insurance claims nationally. In March 2019, telehealth insurance claims comprised 0.17% of medical claims compared ... Read More

Virtual interviews will likely have a permanent place in the recruitment process. If you’ve decided to incorporate video interviews into your physician recruitment process, first learn the Do’s and Don’ts. Download The Do's and Don'ts of Virtual Interviews 8 Do's

1. Do confirm the video interview in advance with both ... Read More

A December 2018 report from the University of Michigan concluded that the passage of the Affordable Care Act fueled the ever-increasing demand for Psychiatrists.  Upon its passage, the ACA expanded access to behavioral healthcare to more individuals, and current projections are that the shortage of psychiatric professionals is expected to ... Read More

The volume of physicians who are looking for their next opportunity is surging right now. And with many states moving well into the re-opening phase, these physicians are accepting new roles. To win them over, it's important to offer a competitive and well-rounded compensation and benefits package. But money alone isn’t likely to provide ... Read More

Not much about life in the United States at the present moment resembles our usual definition of normal, but still life goes on and so does physician recruitment.  A hospital in Western Kentucky needed to hire a Cardiologist and reached out to Jackson Physician Search for help with the search ... Read More

There is no questioning the importance of Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) in modern healthcare. The roles of Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) came into existence in the 1960s as a way to mitigate the impact of the emerging primary care physician shortage. Today, these care providers are even ... Read More

It’s clear that COVID-19 has changed our world. The days are more stressful as we respond to challenges we’ve never faced before. Many people find that sheltering in place is a challenge in itself. Long days offer more time for self-examination and worry about what the future holds. Speaking for ... Read More

A slow return to a new normal means some of the millions of displaced Americans will begin returning to work, and financially hard-hit medical groups will schedule previously postponed elective procedures. Additionally, hospitals and other healthcare organizations can start hiring more physicians to handle the inevitable rush of patients and ... Read More

Match Day is a time for celebration at the 155 medical schools in the United States, as it marks the day residency and fellowship training positions are announced.  Unfortunately, due to concerns about the spread of Covid-19, some of the planned activities are being canceled or scaled back to reduce ... Read More

The first thing most healthcare administrators think about when considering the current physician shortage is, “How are we going to recruit to fill vacancies?”  That is certainly a valid question, but it is one that needs to be asked in tandem with, “How are we going to retain the physicians ... Read More

There’s no disputing that physician recruiters benefit from today’s sophisticated recruitment and marketing technologies. To hire physicians who fit the culture and will succeed in the role, recruiters need to be able to reach them where they are with the right messaging. Technology serves to streamline that process. Let’s look ... Read More

It is well-documented how much a physician vacancy can cost a hospital or health system.  Using those same metrics, it would be fair to say that making a bad hire is just as costly financially as a vacancy incurred by a physician retirement or other reason.  Whether it is due ... Read More

When you consider that 58% of the U.S. civilian workforce is female, it stands to reason that a similar percentage of female physicians in our country might exist. That reasoning would be incorrect, as only 34% of U.S. physicians are female, and only 18% of hospital CEOs are women[i].  These ... Read More

Time is money, especially when it comes to the amount of time it takes to fill a physician vacancy.  The costs that are accrued from the time a position becomes vacant to the date it is filled can reach over $1 million in lost revenue, based on the specialty. Whether ... Read More

As the calendar turns to a new year, things that are top of mind for most people are keeping New Year’s resolutions.  Most of us want to achieve things that will make us healthier or happier, but for Healthcare Administrators, there are no resolutions that can help answer the many ... Read More

When discussing artificial intelligence and the use of other technologies in healthcare, it is natural to assume that doctors are impacted the most. While this assumption has merit, the proliferation of technology throughout the healthcare industry is having just as much of an impact on healthcare administrators.  From ethical concerns ... Read More

From November 9th through the 12th, I attended The AAMC Annual Meeting, “Learn, Serve, Lead” in Phoenix, Arizona.  Along with over 4,800 of my colleagues, we participated in a variety of workshops, round table discussions, and presentations by distinguished healthcare industry leaders.  The topics presented ranged from racial and economic ... Read More

Physician burnout has been a topic of conversation for several years now, but a related topic that is not garnering nearly enough attention is physician wellness.  According to the National Institute of Health, part of the reason is that physician wellness or physician well-being is not clearly defined or measured.  ... Read More

Much of the recent discussions regarding the impending physician shortage include the reality that by 2020, one in three physicians will be of retirement age.  Couple that with the associated costs incurred with each physician vacancy, and it is clear that hospital and healthcare system administrators need to get out ... Read More

Since the Gallup survey on physician engagement came out in 2015, most if not all hospital administrators made themselves familiar with the information that was collected.  Since then, countless articles have been published highlighting the ways that healthcare organizations can keep their physicians engaged, yet, physician burnout and retention issues ... Read More

One of the major factors of the impending physician shortage is the aging physician workforce. We recently conducted a survey including practicing physicians and health administrators to better understand the situation. This whitepaper includes our findings and conclusions. Feel free to download and share. Download By 2020, one in three ... Read More

It is already well-documented how much physician vacancies cost healthcare systems and medical practices.  With as much as 40% of physician vacancies going unfilled as recently as 2017, retaining the physician staff that you already have in-house has become more important than ever.  Let’s review proactive ways that administrators can ... Read More

Recruiting a physician leader to a healthcare organization or academic medical center is often fraught with a slow and inefficient recruitment process. When coupled with the worsening physician shortage— between 42,600 and 121,300 by 2032 according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)—losing quality candidates is a real risk ... Read More

Has your healthcare organization developed a brand that is recognizable to local consumers and gives them a glimpse into your values and culture?  If not, you may be missing out on consumers who would choose your facility for their healthcare needs, as well as physicians you are trying to recruit.  ... Read More

While we continue to see news stories that illustrate the impending physician shortage that is impacting communities all over the United States, the thing we don’t hear enough about is what can be done about it.  The main reason for the lack of information about ways to reverse the doctor ... Read More

Just a decade ago, physicians made a choice early in their career to be a teacher or a clinician and there was very little cross-over. Those that chose the academic medical path became physician leaders or clinical faculty who spent much, if not all, of their time teaching medical students, ... Read More

While most health care systems have in-house recruitment departments, the shortage of available physicians and the difficulty in reaching passive candidates have administrators bolstering their recruitment efforts with the services of an outside recruitment partner.  Once a relationship is established with a trusted physician search firm, there are several things ... Read More

Healthcare organization administrators are all too familiar with the challenges associated with filling a physician vacancy in today’s ultra-competitive hiring environment.  Each month a physician position remains vacant, a hospital can lose as much as $150,000 in revenue.  These staggering costs drive home the importance of having an organizational recruitment ... Read More

A 15-bed, critical access hospital, in remote, rural Colorado contracted Jackson Physician Search to recruit a Family Practitioner who has additional training in Obstetrics (FPOB).  The story behind this search illustrates the advantages of partnering with seasoned physician recruiters.  The combination of years of experience, a good relationship with the ... Read More

Today’s physician recruitment environment is incredibly competitive.  This is caused by many factors including increased demand due to an aging population and the pending retirement of up to 30% of our active doctors. It is important for healthcare administrators to develop and maintain a successful physician recruitment plan.  Make sure ... Read More

The process of finding, recruiting, offering, and ultimately hiring a physician to fill your vacancy is complex.  Each step has to be planned, practiced, and executed flawlessly to ensure that your offer is the one that is accepted over that of a competing healthcare system.  In days past, hospital systems ... Read More

One area of physician engagement that is sometimes overlooked is how many of today’s medical doctors want to play a role in leadership. With the ongoing physician shortage and unsustainable turnover rates in many healthcare organizations, developing plans to provide physician staff with development opportunities can be utilized to stem ... Read More

With the ongoing shortage of physicians creating extreme competition for the recruitment of physicians across specialties, it has never been more important for healthcare administrators to fully understand their recruitment costs and the impact of time-to-fill.  Today, healthcare organizations should be looking at their recruitment costs as an investment and ... Read More

Jackson Physician Search and LocumTenens.com teamed up to release an updated Rural Physician Recruitment and Staffing Survey. Click here to download the report, released February 24, 2022. President of Jackson Physician Search, Tony Stajduhar, reviews the results of our 2019 rural physician and administrators survey and provides a summary of ... Read More

Each year, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) updates their report outlining projected Physician Supply and Demand for the United States.  The most recent report is projecting physician deficits between 42,600 and 121,300 by the year 2030.  As in years past, primary care physicians represent the largest shortfall with ... Read More

The well-discussed physician shortage is affecting healthcare across the country and across specialties.  But, when it comes to mental health professionals, the numbers look even worse.  For context, the Health Resources and Services Administration states that 55.3 million Americans live in a federally designated primary care shortage area, while an ... Read More

Much has been written about the rising prevalence of burnout among today’s physicians, with estimates approaching up to 70% feeling the effects.  Unfortunately, when approaches on how to improve physician wellness and reduce burnout are addressed, they are usually centered upon self-care, practicing mindfulness, self-awareness and other strategies that place ... Read More

The state of Healthcare for FQHCs and Rural Communities According to data published by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the U.S. will have a projected shortage of physicians that could reach over 120,000 by the end of the next decade.  Especially hard hit are rural communities, served by ... Read More

In the United States, it has been a long-held practice to attribute generational monikers to individuals based on the year of their birth.  If we look at that breakdown, it makes sense to see that the number of physicians is relative to the population of the generational mix.  For example, ... Read More

Our Regional Vice President of Recruiting, Christen Wrensen, presented the Digital Recruitment Strategy Guide to members of the Texas Hospital Association at their 2019 annual conference. This guide will help you quickly and cost-effectively engage the right candidates and score better hires. Download From this Presentation You Will Learn WHY you ... Read More

This is the final article in our two-part series on why a digital recruitment strategy is the key to a successful physician search. To review part one, click here. Now that we have described why a digital recruitment strategy is so important, let’s take a deeper dive into what goes into ... Read More

This is the first article in a two-part series on developing an effective digital recruitment strategy. Is your organization finding it harder to recruit physicians to fill your vacancies?  Is the physician shortage costing your organization time and money due to turnover and hard-to-fill specialties?  If so, then it is ... Read More

For several years now, healthcare industry thought leaders have been telling us that there was a looming physician shortage on the horizon.  Initially, it was reported that primary care was going to be the hardest hit because of an aging baby boomer population, an influx of newly covered patients through ... Read More

As physician recruitment becomes even more competitive each year, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) are feeling the brunt of the challenges. Jackson Physician Search, in partnership with CommonWealth Purchasing Group, recently published a white paper on the Issues Affecting FQHC’s.  Here is a brief synopsis of the major talking points ... Read More

This is the final article in an ongoing series summarizing the findings in a recent white paper published by the President of Jackson Physician Search, Tony Stajduhar. To read “Physician Recruitment: The Cost to Hire and Return on Investment” in its entirety, find it here. The physician shortage is our ... Read More

This is the third article in an ongoing series summarizing the findings in a recent white paper published by the President of Jackson Physician Search, Tony Stajduhar. To read “Physician Recruitment: The Cost to Hire and Return on Investment” in its entirety, find it here. In our last article, we ... Read More

This is the second in an ongoing series summarizing the findings in a recent white paper published by the President of Jackson Physician Search, Tony Stajduhar. To read “Physician Recruitment: The Cost to Hire and Return on Investment” in its entirety, find it here. In our first white paper summary, ... Read More

This article is the first in a series of content that reflects upon the findings in a recent white paper published by Tony Stajduhar, President, of Jackson Physician Search, titled Physician Recruitment: The Costs to Hire and Return on Investment. According to a 2018 Association of Physician Recruiters’ (ASPR) survey, ... Read More

Physician vacancies are affecting the majority of health centers across the country. This paper examines some of the recruitment and retention challenges that Federally Qualified Health Centers are facing and how to overcome them. Feel free to download and share. Download Issues Affecting FQHCs What will it take for Federally Qualified ... Read More

President of Jackson Physician Search, Tony Stajduhar, gives insight into how vacancies and recruiting can quickly become costly. If you're looking to reduce your cost to hire and optimize your return on investment when it comes to physician recruitment, this white paper is for you. Download Physician Recruitment: The Cost ... Read More

This is Part 1 of our complete Guide to Physician Recruitment. With any process, it is best to start by assessing your unique needs and developing your strategy. This handbook helps you do just that with step by step instructions for developing a strategic physician recruitment plan. Download Part 1 ... Read More

For several years, reports of the ongoing physician shortage have dominated the headlines.  To give healthcare leaders the comprehensive information they need to invest and adjust to the physician shortage, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) began publishing physician supply and demand reports in 2015.  The most recent update ... Read More

The regulatory burden on physicians and others on the front lines of healthcare is intensifying. A new, comprehensive study echoes growing frustration with the amount of time providers spend pushing paper rather than treating patients. According to the Medical Group Management Association’s 2018 Survey, an overwhelming 86% of respondents reported ... Read More

This presentation, given by our President at the 2018 MGMA Annual Meeting, explains why cultural fit is so important and how to create a physician recruitment blueprint that focuses on fit. Download Download Focus on Fit: A Cultural Blueprint for Successful Physician Recruitment Learning Objectives

• Analyze the motivations and ... Read More

Culture is defined as “values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that employees share and exhibit on a daily basis in their work and in the community”. And, lack of cultural fit is among the top reasons physicians leave a practice – even more than compensation. Many practice executives and recruiters can ... Read More

Part 2 of our Guide to Physician Recruitment focuses on site visits. How you execute a physician site visit has a huge impact on the decision of your candidate. This recruitment guide has tips that will help you prepare for site visits. You can view or download the entire guide ... Read More

Imagine a workplace where medical professionals at all levels are highly respectful. Too many hospitals today are losing valued physicians due to toxic environments. A recent study estimates that “for hospital medicine, the overall cost of turnover is probably at least $400,000 per provider and could easily be $600,000 or ... Read More

Life as a resident is challenging for many reasons. Long hours and low pay, it’s a balancing act of simultaneously being learners and medical care providers. If that wasn’t enough, they are also job-seekers. By the beginning of their second year (if not before) they will begin exploring and making ... Read More

Are you having staffing issues and problems with turnover?  Does the cost of constantly recruiting physicians get brought up at every meeting?  If either of these situations sound familiar, your organization might have a culture problem. There is a growing amount of discussion regarding culture and fit, and how physicians ... Read More

A good company culture can be the difference between recruiting and keeping the best healthcare professionals and a constant recruiting struggle. This infographic guide outlines the 10 steps to take for a successful assessment. Download 10 steps for a Successful Culture Assessment

1. Identify sponsor and/or culture project team
2. Executive ... Read More

The growing demand for affordable primary care, especially among underserved patient populations, has fueled the need for innovative solutions to the most pressing health care issues. National Health Centers Week raises awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s health centers to reach beyond the walls of conventional medicine and ... Read More

Summer is in full swing with backyard barbecues, kids splashing in the pool, and friends and family are gathered around the yard chatting about last night’s little league game.  Laughter fills the air until you turn towards the grill to find smoke billowing out the sides.  Oh no, the burgers ... Read More

Recent surveys are showing a growing shift toward value-based incentives as a component of discretionary compensation, but production in the form of work RVUs are still the most prevalent salary factor.  To review, Relative Value Units (RVUs) are based on a scale originally designed to determine reimbursements from Medicare and/or ... Read More

We take a hard look at how technology, company culture, and team roles can influence physician recruitment and retention practices. We discuss how technology can help with recruitment, what physician turnover can do to your bottom line, when retention should be a priority, and much more. You're invited to download ... Read More

This presentation demonstrates how you can achieve physician recruitment success by leveraging 4 trends we have identified. We invite you to get in touch with our physician recruitment experts if you have any further questions. Download How to Bend Key Trends for Physician Recruitment Success Workforce Trends The Physician Shortage ... Read More

Physician recruitment relies on the ability of recruiters to make a connection. Successfully connecting with a candidate requires really understanding who that candidate is on a day-to-day basis and the challenges they face. To learn more about what a physician's practice environment looks like, download the infographic below: Physician Trends ... Read More

It’s challenging to successfully recruit physicians and even harder for rural communities. Let’s look at the current state of physician recruitment, address some of the challenges rural communities face, and dive into how you can improve your recruitment process. Physician Shortage The Association of American Medical Colleges states the projected ... Read More

In our continuing series on Healthcare Organization Brand Management, it is time to turn our attention to the importance of having your brand on display during face-to-face interactions with potential physician hires, suppliers, corporate partners, and most importantly the patients receiving care. As discussed in our previous post, your online ... Read More

We live in a connected world where the effort required to communicate with someone has fallen causing the frequency and volume of communication to rise significantly. To effectively reach physicians it's import to understand how they network and what platforms they use to stay connected. Learn more about physician networking ... Read More

Our last post regarding the importance of developing a brand for your healthcare organization identified what factors to consider when developing how you want the community and potential employees to view your system. Your brand will be the first thing a potential physician hire knows about your organization, and that ... Read More

Healthcare organizations are facing complex challenges as the industry transforms under a number of market forces.  Adapting to the rise of consumerism, retail competition, tighter staffing markets, uncertain legislation, and value-based payment models keep administrators up at night.  Now, more than ever, healthcare organization brand management should be utilized to ... Read More

The most discussed trends in healthcare are the current and looming staffing shortages. How big the shortage is, what can be done about it, and who will be affected are all being debated at water coolers across the country. Get caught up on this hot topic by reviewing the infographic ... Read More

Download our White Paper covering Social Media for Physician Recruitment for insight into how physicians use social media and how hospital and healthcare leaders and recruiters can use these channels to reach them in a meaningful way. Download Physician Workforce through 2030: Social Media for Physician Recruitment By Tony Stajduhar, President, ... Read More

Amid the fanfare of balloons, school mascots, cheers and tears, thousands of medical school students and graduates experienced life-changing news on Match Day 2018.Social media was flooded with #MatchDay2018 tweets, videos and memes, as medical schools across the country held ceremonies and special events to reveal residency program matches, based ... Read More

As competition to fill physician vacancies escalates, the leaders of healthcare systems, hospitals, and clinics feel a growing sense of urgency to “just find the docs” to fill them, instead of focusing on hiring physicians that will fit, succeed, and stay.  In fact, a recent study by the American College ... Read More

In today’s ultra-competitive environment for recruiting and retaining physicians, many hospitals and healthcare systems have slowly come to the realization that it is about more than money. Compensation will always play a role in a candidate’s choice of a job, but surveys show that other factors are increasingly important to ... Read More

Download this Rural Recruitment and Retention Playbook for insight on the state of the industry as well as trends in rural physician recruitment, emerging strategies for recruitment into rural communities, and examples of optimized recruitment and retention outcomes. Please reach out to us directly for more personalized consultation into your unique community. Download ... Read More

Outlook. According to Merriam Webster, the word has nuanced meaning.  It can be “a point of view” or “a prospect for the future.”  Charging headlong into 2018, you may first think in terms of the future: What can we count on to remain constant next year?  What changes do we ... Read More

Healthcare is an outcomes-driven industry. However, many organizations lack a structured method and accountability for measuring efficiency, successful recruiting, and return on investment for the recruitment of physicians and other healthcare professionals. As a result, there is no formalized process to continuously improve and maximize results. This presentation focuses on best practices and ... Read More

The global telemedicine market is projected to expand by 14.3% by 2020. View or [download] our latest physician trends infographic - Physician Trends 3 Telemedicine, to see how physicians and the telemedicine industry are impacting healthcare. Download Physician Trends Telemedicine Telemedicine Growth The global telemedicine market is projected to expand ... Read More

Did you know that physician recruitment and revenue are closely related? Download our presentation on how to connect physician recruitment, retention, and revenue for a full-scale review of the current physician recruitment landscape as well as a pointed direction on how to improve recruitment to improve revenue. Download Connecting Physician ... Read More

Embracing social and digital media as a core strategy in recruiting physicians and other healthcare professionals has become central to recruitment success. But leveraging social media successfully requires both a keen understanding of the candidate pool and proficiency in social media to engage with them.  This presentation will review nationwide ... Read More

Whether you are recruiting physicians to a metropolitan area, where they can choose among plenty of practice opportunities, or to an underserved area, it’s important to think both strategically and creatively about what your organization can offer to recruit physicians who will fit. As you map out your physician recruiting ... Read More

The scarcity of physicians practicing in rural and underserved urban areas has reached crisis proportions for many communities across the United States. Primary care and psychiatry are among the most challenging specialties to place, which means that basic, unmet health needs escalate into more complex, costly conditions and poor quality ... Read More

Peak Vista Community Health Centers, a 26-clinic Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), serves over 90,000 patients in Colorado's Pikes Peak and East Central regions. Keeping the candidate pipeline full had been challenging, especially for their rural and remote communities. Stiff competition with others offering higher compensation makes it mission-critical to ... Read More

Download our infographic about recent trends in Physician Networking. Download Physician Networking 31% of healthcare professionals use social media for professional networking - Source: MedTech Media 61% of physicians scanned social media for medical information at least weekly - Source: 2012 study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research 46% ... Read More

National Health Center Week celebrates and raises awareness for the mission and accomplishments of America’s health centers. Community Health Centers are the key to community health and represent a great opportunity in America’s healthcare system, serving more than 25 million Americans, a number that continues to grow along with the ... Read More

The conversation around the physician shortage is often about the numbers and the complexity of meeting the needs of a patient population that is growing faster than – and is aging along with – the physician workforce. You can be prepared for the future by expanding your understanding of new ... Read More

Physician engagement is a critical, though often overlooked, component of hospital health and culture.  In fact, The Advisory Board reports that 3 in 5 physicians do not feel engaged with their current employer.  Download our comprehensive infographic to get a better understanding of the physician engagement landscape and learn how ... Read More

The conversation around the physician shortage is often about “the numbers,” and the complexity of meeting the needs of a patient population that is growing faster than – and aging with – the physician workforce. When the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) issued their most recent projection of a shortage of ... Read More

The physician workforce shortage creates a competitive recruitment marketplace. This white paper offers practical advice on what to do today to focus your recruitment strategy for long-term success. Download Physician Workforce through 2030: Get Ahead of the Recruitment Curve There's been heavy discourse the last few years about the growing ... Read More

Sustainable growth requires recruitment and retention strategies, programs and tools that work. When leadership and recruiting teams make recruiting a priority, the return on investment is measurable! Download Recruitment. Retention. Revenue. Critical Success Factors for Growth and ROI What Best Practices Drive Return on Your Investment in Recruiting Physicians Investing ... Read More

As rural health care markets experience the impact of a physician shortage, it is important to look at available data to understand how the physician shortage affects the healthcare industry as a whole. Results from recent large-scale surveys conducted by Association of Staff Physician Recruiters (ASPR) and Doximity shed light ... Read More

How can a hospital effectively recruit and retain top physicians and advanced practice providers? As revealed in this case study, Canton-Potsdam Hospital does it by embracing the Art and Science of Recruiting. Download Effective Physician Recruitment and Retention Requires Both Art and Science What is Driving Innovations in Recruiting 75% of ... Read More

Need to build a better recruitment process? Learn the best practices to master effective physician recruitment using the art of building strong relationships and the science of deploying effective recruitment tools. Download Art or Science? Effective Physician Recruitment and Retention Requires Both Innovative Recruiting Best Practices 6 tips to winning top ... Read More

An effective physician recruitment strategy embraces both the science of systems, technology and data as well as the art of building relationships, engaging your internal team, and delivering a superior experience to candidates. The Art of Relationships Engage your team. The key to success of every recruitment program is the ... Read More

For every month it takes to fill an open physician job, thousands of dollars in potential revenue may be lost. For instance, average annual revenue for an internal medicine doctor of $823,900 equates to more than $68,650 in lost revenue per month while you’re waiting for a new internist. Keep ... Read More

Healthcare and the practice of medicine are topics that rank high on the list for news coverage. From the rapid advance of pharmaceuticals and medical technology, to the growing physician shortage and politics of access to healthcare, the 24-hour news cycle keeps the controversy and concerns around affordable healthcare at ... Read More

First, the good news: A record number of graduating medical students get their residency match this year, with 35,969 U.S. and international medical school students and graduates vying for 31,757 positions. The number of available first-year (PGY-1) positions rose to 28,849, which exceeded 2016 by 989 first-year positions, according to the ... Read More

In a competitive physician recruitment environment, how do some organizations consistently outperform all others? Learn how to recruit faster, more efficiently, and at less cost with these three smart moves for physician recruitment success. Download In a competitive physician recruitment environment, how do some organization consistently outperform all others? Learn ... Read More

Understanding the key trends affecting physicians and hospitals is critical to finding solutions. This leading healthcare industry study covering 2016 physician trends includes insights and “vital statistics” on topics ranging from physician engagement, trends in telemedicine, regulatory impact, compensation and reimbursement and more. Download 2016 Physician Trends Topics we will ... Read More

Physician alignment and satisfaction are critical to recruitment and retention. This study identifies a significant physician engagement gap and challenges the assumption that employing physicians is the only solution to clinical alignment. Download The Physician Engagement Gap Physicians aren't as aligned as executives think (and what executives can do about ... Read More

Explore the driving forces behind hospitals’ strategies to build aligned networks in primary care and key specialties, the motivations of doctors to sell their practices, and the shared challenges of integration in this white paper about physician practice acquisitions. Download Physician Practice Acquisitions Which Physician Practices Hospitals are Acquiring and ... Read More

Jackson Physician Search- Physicians are in high demand, and their time is at a premium. So it’s no surprise that even active candidates attempt to stay under the radar. They prefer to remain insulated and virtually undetectable by most recruiters. And with job boards advertising as many as 40,000 postings ... Read More