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Health Observances: 2005 Health Observances Calendar Highlights.

October:
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month

November:
Lung Cancer Awareness Month

American Diabetes Month

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HealthLink Newsletter Archive
 
 
Recruiting Physicians in a "Buyers Market"
Recruiting and retaining quality physicians
is a tough job for most healthcare providers.
With a critical shortage of physicians predicted
in the near future, this situation won't be getting any better. Will your current strategies for physician recruitment keep you staffed?

Read more about this situation and what types of incentives physicians are looking for in this month's article.

Robert J. Loeb, President & CEO
Vericom Corporation

Physician Recruiting Incentives: A Moving Target
In May 2005, the Association of American Medical Colleges held a national conference on the physician work force. Many of the leading academics and government officials who track physician supply and demand trends were there. With a few exceptions (most notably, Richard "Buz" Cooper, M.D.) most of these individuals formerly were in the group that, for years, had projected a physician surplus. It was in part as a result of these projections that Congress set a cap on the number of medical residency slots that the federal government would fund through CMS. The cap was included in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Until such time as the cap is lifted, it is likely that the number of physicians entering the work force each year will remain static, as it has for more than two decades
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Case Study: Physicians at Cardiovascular Associates Depend on SoundCare to Preserve Relationships
 
In today's highly competitive recruiting market, physicians seek stable practice environments where they can develop and sustain relationships. Cardiovascular Associates (CVA) attracts quality candidates through their ability to effectively communicate with patients and demonstrate strong ties with referring physicians. SoundCare enhances CVA's patient communication efforts, thus strengthening CVA's relationship driven practice.
Read the complete Cardiovascular Associates Case Study
 
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
How is SoundCare used in recruiting employees?

SoundCare is used in many healthcare organizations to recruit and retain valuable staff members. In the most basic sense, SoundCare can promote job openings to your callers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Many of our clients find that they receive inquiries from physicians, nurses, and others who hear about openings while waiting on hold. They call in for another reason, and end up hearing a message regarding position openings.

In other instances, healthcare professionals waiting on hold hear information about programs or services that they did not know the organization offered, sometimes prompting an inquiry about staff openings. In one example, a client was running a SoundCare message promoting its occupational medicine program. An area physician specializing in this discipline happened to hear the message when he called into the hospital. He was looking for a position in the local area and was hired.

Other facilities use SoundCare to promote top-notch working conditions, superior benefits, signing bonuses, job fairs; and access to leading research, procedures, training, and equipment. For example, several of our clients have been very successful recruiting nurses by promoting the advantages of working in a Magnet facility.

 

 

   
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