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March 21, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
An annual Physician Retention Survey finds that medical groups had an average physician turnover rate of 6.8 percent in 2012, up from 6.5 percent in 2011 and the highest rate since 2005.
February 29, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has awarded $9.1 million to medical students participating in the National Health Service Corps’ Students to Service Loan Repayment Program. In exchange for funds to repay their medical school debts, t ...
January 23, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that some of the key characteristics of medical homes promote stronger morale and job satisfaction among providers and staff at community health centers. In a survey of more than 600 employees a ...
June 8, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
New data released by the Irvine, California health care marketing firm SK&A shows that the “move rate” of physicians has declined for a third straight year. SK&A tracks job turnover among a group of 664,000 physicians across the country, using an an ...
May 16, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Enrollment at U.S. medical schools is growing, according to new data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The annual Medical School Enrollment Survey finds that first-year medical school enrollment is expected to reach 21,376 by ...
February 13, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Convincing a medical student, sometimes tens of thousands of dollars in debt, to take a lower-paying job or move to a low-income, rural community can be a tough sell. So perhaps it’s not surprising that many new physicians gravitate toward high-payi ...
April 10, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Former Health & Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan, MD, penned an op-ed in yesterday’s New York Times making the case for devising more effective ways to deliver dental care to poor or rural communities across the nation. The Secretary notes th ...
January 30, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
A recent study from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded RN Work Project takes a close look at state rules capping nurses’ mandatory overtime hours. As of 2010, 16 states had imposed such caps, with the goal of avoiding errors caused by long ho ...