Forging a New Partnership with Physicians to Increase Satisfaction and Reduce Turnover

This article from The New England Journal of Medicine was published a few years ago, but we find the topic relevant, particularly because some of our recent topics like "More doctors giving up private practice" have generated so much discussion.

Working with our hospital clients it isn't important just to attract a physician and get them to sign an employment contract, but to continually analyze the relationship to make sure the physician and hospital are continuing a mutually beneficial partnership.

In the article, Press Ganey Associates’ 2008 Hospital Check-Up Report — Physician Perspectives on American Hospitals highlights a number of opportunities to improve relations with the medical staff, increase physician engagement with the hospital, and reduce the risk that doctors will open competing facilities.

Read the full article in The New England Journal of Medicine, or click here:
http://www.nejmjobs.org/rpt/reduce-physician-turnover.aspx