Independent Academic Medical Centers: Q&A with Kimberly Pierce-Boggs
Throughout the country, independent academic medical centers (IAMCs) are providing patients with quality care and students with superior medical education and research opportunities. Though these institutions maintain major medical school affiliations, they operate independently of medical school governance and consequently face challenges and opportunities unique to those of traditional academic medical centers. To gain […]
Jordan Search Consultants Acquires Health Search New England
St. Louis-based healthcare, executive, and higher education search firm acquires Bangor, Maine-based recruitment firm to expand to New England markets St. Louis, MO—Jordan Search Consultants (JSC), a healthcare, executive, and higher education recruitment firm, announces the acquisition of Health Search New England (HSNE), a search firm specializing in the recruitment of healthcare providers throughout the […]
Reducing Burnout in Residents and Fellows
Residents and fellows have staying power. They work extremely long hours—often without taking the time to sleep or eat. They are constantly surrounded by trauma and illness. They sacrifice time spent with friends and family to perfect their craft and pursue a dream. Becoming a physician is not for the faint of heart—and it is […]
The Rising Need for Psychiatrists
As a healthcare recruitment firm, we’ve recently seen a tremendous increase in psychiatrist searches. In fact, psychiatry is currently the third most recruited position in the country, falling just behind family medicine and internal medicine. Why? The answer is twofold. Psychiatry is becoming progressively more important in society. Becker’s Hospital Review states that one out […]
Will we see new models of physician compensation in 2017?
Are healthcare regulations and incentives about to disrupt physician compensation models again? Although there are many models of physician compensation in effect, each with its own rewards and risks, the uncertainty following the U.S. presidential election has made it necessary for physicians and medical systems to take a wait-and-see approach as to what comes next. […]
How Physicians Decide Which Specialty to Pursue
Choosing a specialty is a major step for an aspiring physician. For every student who enters medical school already knowing which type of medicine they want to practice, there are many others who are undecided and open to the myriad possibilities. Fortunately, the medical education process allows students to ‘test drive’ different specialties before selecting […]
The Importance of Real Estate Partners for Candidate Recruitment
If there is one thing our clients know about Jordan Search Consultants, it’s that we go above and beyond to find the perfect candidate, every time. Through our customized recruitment processes, extensive candidate database, passive and active candidate marketing techniques, and comprehensive industry knowledge, they have confidence that each search for which they engage us will […]
Suggestions for Women in Medicine: Career Advancement
As a female business owner of a company that embraces diversity in the workplace, encouraging women to advance their careers and gain leadership roles is very important to me. In medicine—an industry with which Jordan Search Consultants works intimately—the professional barriers that women face are especially apparent; only 18% of U.S. hospital CEOs are female. […]
The Importance of Diversity in Healthcare Organizations
Every year the United States continues to become a more diverse nation. Changing demographics, immigration, and population shifts mean that more people of different ethnicities, religious beliefs, and orientations are calling all parts of the U.S. home. So, what does this mean for healthcare organizations? It means that the need for ‘culturally competent’ caregivers […]
Guest Post: Less Labels, More Action
A female cardiologist’s guide to combating gender inequality through advocacy The following is written by Dr. Toniya Singh, M.D., F.A.C.C., whom we are honored to call a friend and colleague, and has been featured in St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Louis Women’s Journal. Dr. Singh is an invasive, non-interventional cardiologist and a managing partner at […]
