Given the many recent developments in healthcare, physician salaries remain an important focus point. President Obama has placed tremendous focus on quality and outcome-based payment for services rendered. Yet, there remain many physicians whose salaries are guaranteed. The trend however is shifting towards incentive-based physician … [Read more...]
Physician Salaries – Guaranteed or Incentive-Based?
Best Physician Job Resume
Appearance: First impressions matter even when it comes to physician resumes. Therefore, the resume should be perfect in appearance. The design, font, and text weight should flow and be easy on the eyes. Carefully consider the alignment, symmetry, and the use of bullets, bold characters etc. Do not attempt to put so much into your resume that you … [Read more...]
Physician Job Interview – Essential Tips for Success
Interviewing for physician employment opportunities can be stressful, as your entire candidacy for what may in fact be the ideal job is on the line. Knowing that a good or bad interview can directly affect the job outcome, physicians often worry, and stress out about the interview - and understandably so! In my years as a practicing physician, as … [Read more...]
Doctors Utilize ‘Pain Contracts’ to Monitor Narcotic Use by Patients
A friend of mine was put on an opioid to manage chronic neck pain, which she had suffered as a result of an auto accident. She takes the narcotic daily, and is concerned when she is about to run out, because she experiences withdrawal symptoms. The accident happened more than a year ago and she knows that she does not need the medicine anymore, but … [Read more...]
Careless Medical Errors Add to Poor Patient Quality
I have touched on the subject of hospital-acquired errors in recent blog posts, because quite frankly, I believe America has bred some of the most talented and capable physician service providers, who are better than this. It has become a fact that many people who are need of patient care, fear what could happen during a hospital stay, as much if … [Read more...]