How many physicians make a health system?
The Hospital Executive's Guide to Physician Staffing helps hospital CEOs answer a question that healthcare analysts and policymakers have debated for nearly 30 years: How many physicians do you need?
The Hospital Executive's Guide to Physician Staffing challenges accepted beliefs and practices about the science of physician staffing. Insightful and data-rich, this unique resource guides hospital executives in creating a staffing model for physician services by outlining proven strategies for determining community physician need and fulfilling those needs appropriately. This timely and informative book presents practical approaches for engaging different types of physicians the hospital dependent, hospital independent, and full-time office-based in various markets, including those facing a shortage and rural communities. Complete with benchmarking tables and other resources, The Hospital Executive's Guide to Physician Staffing includes sections on:
- Physician supply and demand - a macro view - Assessing physician need - Measuring physician contribution - How many physicians make a health system - Recruitment and retention strategies - The executive's role in recruitment - Planning for an uncertain future
Build a quality organization, and the doctors will come
Central to the underlying philosophy of the book is the notion that hospitals must 'attract the best by being the best' and includes strategies executives can use in achieving that goal.
Who will benefit from this book?
- Hospital CEO - President - CFO - COO - Medical staff director - Director of physician relations
Praise for this book
'The Hospital Executive's Guide to Physician Staffing is a valuable resource for any hospital facing the difficult task of determining the right number and mix of physicians.' - Jerry Senne, President, Holmes Regional Medical Center
'...effective tool kit for any planning executive trying to meet their organization's goals or community's needs with successful physician strategies...It is a must read for those interested in exceptional accuracy in their forecasting, and those treading into physician supply and demand metrics where the ultimate recommendations will be a future P &amp; L you need to defend.' Elizabeth Jaekle, Vice President, Business Development, Crozer-Keystone Health System
'I recommend this book for all healthcare executives who are planning for the future.' - Walter H. Ettinger, MD, MBA, President, UMass Memorial Medical Center and Associate Vice Provost Clinical and Population Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School

The Hospital Executive's Guide to Physician Staffing

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Hugo J. Finarelli Jr. PhD

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The Hospital Executive's Guide to Physician Staffing