title: Recruitment, retention, and revenue: the three Rs of successful group practice management.
abstract: Recruiting a physician to your medical practice can be an expensive proposition. But what is the cost of losing a physician, or of failing to fill a vacancy? This article examines the ramifications of physician recruitment and retention, from the perspective of its financial impact, by providing the framework for a strategy meant to increase the odds of successfully recruiting a new physician. The article also offers suggestions to help the medical practice manager retain productive doctors by considering physician retention as an extension of the recruitment effort.
authors.affiliation: TimeLine Recruiting, 2103 Burlington, Suite 900, Columbia, MO 65202, USA. vallen@timelinerecruiting.com
authors.forename: Van
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000592:standards*; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States