Will More Women Doctors Make American Medicine More Caring and More Patient Centered?

As mentioned in yesterday’s blog post, we’re taking some time to look at the increasing challenge of recruiting quality physicians and as discussed, the profession is going to be rocked by a series of changes, most notably the gender change. The Changing Face of Medicine, due out later this year, will address the issue of the gender...

Physician Shortages: 3 Big Reasons It’s Getting Harder to Find Doctors… And the Adverse Impacts to Patient Care

We’ve done a fair amount of research this year on the impact of the physician shortage and how it will hamstring the marketing, planning, and delivery of healthcare services in the future. The silent killer is patient access.   The less chance a patient has of being seen quickly, the worse off he or she will be.  Having an adequate supply...

The After Talk: Recruiting the Millennial Physician Online

When you speak at tradeshows as I often do, there’s a relief in going first.  Our good friend Kevin Robinson from SVHC helped us with our talk yesterday.   What I thought was going to be the more interesting side of the story — all the research and thinking that went into targeting how to whom we designed the website —...

Rutland Herald: Hospital Web site an aid to recruitment

More press about us. Good timing too, since we’re speaking at CBM together. BENNINGTON – By emphasizing the Southern Vermont lifestyle to doctors on their new recruitment Web site, local hospital officials have increased the number of potential recruits by about tenfold.Southwestern Vermont Medical Center’s physician recruiting...