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Medical Staff Planning and Development |
With a physician shortage developing, hospitals will be competing hard to attract physicians. DGA can help you effectively target limited staff development resources to attract and retain the right physicians. We have done so successfully in over one hundred medical staff planning engagements for community, teaching and academic medical center hospitals.
Our planning process integrates quantitative analysis with qualitative understanding of the hospital's medical staff environment and development needs. We start with a rigorous quantitative market analysis, which may include:
- Compiling an accurate physician inventory (commercially available databases average 50% accuracy)
- Providing "over-the-horizon" primary care and specialty physician need projections
Then we look at the impact of critical medical staff dynamics, practice patterns and unmet referral needs on medical staff needs. We identify the number and type of physicians required to strengthen core programs, replace retiring physicians, support new ventures and establish new markets.
Implementing Medical Staff Development Programs
We develop pragmatic implementation strategies (and tactics, where appropriate) to recruit and attract new physicians. We also provide legal counsel with support in incorporating an approved medical staff development plan into the staff application and credentialing process.
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