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News & Events
Seaboard Health Care Search expands to open up the Mid Atlantic and New England Regions
Seaboard Health Care Search a national physician placement firm based in Nashville, TN (the corporate home to 80 percent of the For Profit Hospital Systems in the United States) has increased its staff to better serve its existing client base. W. R. Herrington, President and COO, announced that Seaboard has added to the Kalamazoo, Michigan operations Nancy Hall and Ken Killman, two highly experienced recruiters to serve our growing client base in the Mid-Atlantic and New England States. Seaboard Health Care Search is retained by and contracted to corporations that own or operate over 2,000 hospitals across the United States.
The US is experiencing a dramatic shortage of Physicians and will continue to experience a supply and demand issue for the next 20 years. In the 1970s the US was producing over 41,000 physicians per year. In 2008 less that 18,000 were produced compared to the approximately 35,000 physicians who leave practice annually for retirement. The increased longevity and continued birth rate indicate according to the American Medical Association that the US could be short as many as 200,000 physicians by the year 2020 in order to maintain today’s physician to patient population ratios.
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Industry News
Expected Final Year Residents by Number and Specialty 2010 - May 5, 2009 - Full Article
With slightly less than 800,000 practicing physicians in the United States today, the AMA and various State and Federal Government entities have estimated that about 362,000 will retire within the next few years. The United States is facing a critical shortage of practicing physicians.
Throughout the decade of the 1970’s US Medical Schools produced an average of 41,000 physicians per year. In 2008 they produced 17,857. With enrollments capped at 18,000 to the year 2012, we face some difficult times. While the gender split during the 70’s was 87% male and 13% female, recent graduating classes showed a gender split of 47% male and 53% female. The AMA states that the average female physician will practice 3.8 years after residency before taking a break for child rearing years. Many of those who decide to return to practice will seek part time work and as such will have a significant negative impact on the numbers of physicians available. Full Article
Economy sends physicians to hospitals for help - December 15, 2008 - Full Article - AMNews
Increasingly cash-strapped hospitals are willing to listen to physicians' requests. But experts say that doesn't mean doctors can expect to have leverage in negotiations.Physicians and hospitals, each finding themselves in leaky financial ships, often are climbing into the same lifeboat to stay afloat. A recent American Hospital Assn. study finds that the recession is leading to a financial crunch for its members. Hospitals are struggling with declines in admissions, elective procedures, patient payments and investment income, while dealing with a marked increase in interest expenses and a drying up of new credit. Full Article
Texas will need 40,000 new doctors by 2025 - November 13, 2008 - Full Article - Express-News
As the population of Texas grows, led by an increase in the ranks of Hispanics, there will be a need for at least 40,000 new doctors by 2025. About 20,000 of the 37,000 doctors now active in Texas will have retired or left their practice over the next 17 years, and another 20,000 will be needed to keep up with an expanded population, said Karl Eschbach, state demographer and director and of the Institute of Demographic and Socioeconomic Research. Full Article
Doctors tally the economic value practices bring to communities - November 10, 2008 - Full Article - AMNews
Medical societies are emphasizing how physicians' practices help local and state economies as they seek recruiting help and financial incentives. Around the country, physicians are letting their communities know that their practices don't only keep bodies healthy, they also keep economies healthy. Medical societies locally and nationally are presenting economic impact studies showing that physician practices pump billions of dollars into local and state economies through payrolls and purchases of local goods and services. Among the latest are the Metropolitan Medical Society of Greater Kansas City and the Medical Assn. of Georgia, which both released studies in October. Full Article
Physician shortage fuels local recruiting efforts - November 1, 2008 - Full Article - Kingsport Times News
It’s a grim diagnosis: As many as 200,000 more physicians will be needed in the next decade than medical schools will turn out, leading to a nationwide physician shortage just when millions of baby boomers are entering their later years. The anticipated shortfall is already creating stiff competition among health care providers across the country to recruit doctors. Full Article
America's Pending Shortage of Cancer Doctors - October 31, 2008 - Full Article - Washington Post
The outlook for cancer patients, in some ways, has never been better, with breakthroughs leading to earlier diagnoses of certain malignancies, new treatments, and improved survival rates. But that string of successes could be threatened. By the year 2020, the United States could face a shortage of as many as 4,080 cancer doctors, according to a recent report issued by the American Society for Clinical Oncology. Full Article
Doctor shortage grows in Wisconsin - October 14, 2008 - Full Article - Wausau Daily Herald
Wisconsin residents can expect to wait longer or travel farther to see a doctor as a long-anticipated shortage of physicians appears to be taking hold. More than 500 job openings have been posted on a new physician recruiting Web site maintained by the Wisconsin Council for Medical Education and Workforce. Aspirus has openings for doctors at 23 sites, said Dawn Decker, manager of physician recruitment for Aspirus Clinics. Many of those openings are in primary care, a relatively new concern for the system. Full Article
Recruiting doctors difficult - October 13, 2008 - Full Article - Martinsville Bulletin
Memorial Hospital in Martinsville, VA is exploring new ways to recruit more doctors and reduce stress on its current staff. It can be hard to get a doctor’s appointment locally because many practices are closed to new patients, said Darren Aaron, director of growth and business development at Memorial Hospital. A nonemergency such as a physical exam could take “four or five months” to work in, he added. “The way health care is changing is making it a lot more difficult to attract primary care doctors,” Aaron said, noting that medical school graduates are seeking out other specialties and want “a better quality of life.” Primary care physicians are in short supply across the country. The field includes internal medicine, pediatrics and family practice. Full Article
Finances driving physicians out of solo practice - September 10, 2007 - Full Article - AMNews
The business of medicine has doctors moving into large groups or employed situations, studies find. The "herding cats" metaphor long used to describe the difficulty of organizing physicians into large groups appears to be on its way out. A survey released in August by the Center for Studying Health System Change found a marked increase in the percentage of doctors joining large, single-specialty groups, as well as entering employed situations. The survey, covering 1996 to 2005, also found a marked decrease in the percentage of physicians in solo or two-doctor practices, as well as a large drop in the percentage of doctors who have an ownership stake in their practices. The finding was especially apparent among older physicians. Full Article
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