Nurses to Stage a One-Day Strike in California
More than 6,000 registered nurses in the Bay Area of California will be staging a one-day strike on December 22, 2011 at their respective hospitals of employment-8 hospitals in all will be affected by...
View ArticleTop 3 Uses of Twitter in Healthcare
In 2011, the social networking service, Twitter had over 300 million users, and the numbers are growing. Over the years, I have advised our employees and clients on the changes in social media from...
View ArticleHow to Bring a Physician to Your Hospital
A hospital recruiter’s toughest job is to bring physicians into the community. I have found the oldest rule in the book applies: People work with people they like. Doctors are no different. Yes they...
View ArticleWhat is your stance on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?
After the release of the Supreme Court’s decision last Thursday to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Americans clearly had mixed feelings about the new law. This decision was met...
View ArticleHave Physicians Lost Their Independence?
As we celebrate our independence as a nation this week, the growing trend among physicians is to give up their practice independence in exchange for a hospital employed model. This is nothing new....
View Article15 Physician Specialties in the Highest Demand
The latest installment of Fidelis Partners’ Demand Indicator Map was released this week. Our quarterly Demand Indicator Map shows the demand for physicians by specialty and state based upon the total...
View ArticlePhysicians Focus on Diversifying their Income Portfolio
Over the years the industry has seen a trend for physicians (typically subspecialists) to focus on diversifying their income portfolio by opening their own physician-owned hospitals, surgical centers,...
View Article3 Things Recruiters Can Be Thankful for in 2013
Mashed potatoes, cornbread stuffing and yummy roasted turkey – those things didn’t make the list, but at least we have your attention now. There are a lot of things to be thankful for this...
View ArticleCan You Afford to Not Add Another Physician?
The bloodline of every hospital is their primary care physician staff. Patient wait times, physician draw area, and ancillary support staff as well as equipment are all benefited by adding another...
View ArticleU.S. Healthcare Workforce Outlook
This week is National Hospital Week – a time to say thank you to the more than 5.6 million hospital employees around the country. The outlook of the U.S. healthcare workforce is becoming increasing...
View ArticleSurgeons Show Diversity through #ILookLikeASurgeon
Why is the hashtag, #ILookLikeASurgeon trending all over the world? Surgeons have decided to show diversity through #ILookLikeASurgeon on platforms like Twitter© and Instagram©. The stereotypical view...
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