Are Internal Physician Recruiters Enough? How a Talent Partner Boosts Hiring Success

Internal recruitment teams are critical to a hospital system’s success, and their work is nothing short of essential. But let’s face it—the demand for top physicians is higher than ever, and that can stretch those teams thin, especially in high-need specialties. Studies show that internal teams are filling about 50-70% of open requisitions, depending on…

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Mastering Staffing Contract Negotiations in the Medical Industry

Mastering Staffing Contract Negotiations in the Medical Industry MedSource Consultants

With many challenges prevailing, healthcare organizations often turn to staffing agencies to fulfill their workforce needs.  In 2022, 88 percent of healthcare organizations reported that they used locum tenens physicians or other locum tenens providers during the last year.  With several Locum Tenens agencies to choose from and no clearly defined or governed rates in the…

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How to Be a Great Physician Leader & Mistakes to Avoid

How to Be a Great Physician Leader & Mistakes to Avoid MedSource Consultants

Most doctors are intelligent and highly skilled. They’ve spent years learning their craft. However, we often look to these knowledge workers to lead teams or even our organizations. Having doctors’ voices on a leadership team is undeniably valuable to an organization. The problem comes when these physicians, who are highly skilled medically, have difficulty transitioning…

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How the Family Physician Market is Evolving

In healthcare, change is constant. This includes the evolution of the candidate and job market for clinical and non-clinical teams. The primary care market has been particularly turned on its ear over the past several years. It’s long been noted that PCPs are a significant source of referral revenue for specialty providers. Over time, as…

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10 Questions Physicians Must Ask When Considering A Counter Offer

You’re coming down the home stretch. You’ve received an excellent offer for a new job opportunity, and it’s time to tender your resignation. Assuredly, you walk into your current administrator’s office to give notice, expecting a moment of panic and perhaps a brief handshake wishing you well. What you didn’t expect was an implausible counter-offer.…

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Avoid These Mistakes When Changing Jobs as a Physician

Avoid-These-Mistakes-When-Changing-Jobs-as-a-Physician

A medical career, like the hit ABC drama, Grey’s Anatomy, is supposed to last forever right? You made the sacrifices, and put in the time and toil to become a successful physician. And yet lately, you may find yourself feeling slightly wistful over – or even downright envious of – the perceived freedom and joie de…

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Harnessing the Power of Patient-Driven Data in Healthcare

Imagine a model of healthcare that’s always available and driven by data, so you’re continuously collecting data from your body, about your environment, your nutrition, and activity and delivering back to you a personalized healthcare program throughout your entire life. Then, imagine having access to a global network of health experts. We’re not that far…

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Common Roadblocks for Physician Employment Contracts

Some physicians have a hard time grasping the concept of principled negotiations.  They see a negotiation as a battle rather than an opportunity to collaborate towards agreement.  We don’t believe negotiations should be stressful and in fact, if handled in the right manner, they can be a very positive experience that enables both parties to…

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