In a recent blog post, Select International discusses the importance of understanding the causes of physician turnover in order to reduce its frequency and cost on an organization.
Editor's Note: This post originally apeared on Select International's website.
Every health system tells us the same story about physician turnover: they’ve invested outrageous amounts of money recruiting physicians and buying medical practices. Then, when physicians leave, the health system leaders are surprised and start the whole process over again.
One CMO expressed his desire to take a different approach to hiring and retaining employees, but once a physician leaves, the reaction of leadership is to ignore the reasons why and run right back out to start the same recruiting process again. No one looks at the cause of the problem or the financial implications of this cycle. They are too focused on rushing to fill the spot again. Click here to continue >>
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