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Be Proactive In Your Physician Job Search »

Looking for ways to leap ahead of the competition and land the perfect physician job. Check out this article that provides Tips & Tricks on how to be more proactive in your physician job search.

Hospitals Use Social Networks to Provide Superior Care »

Hospitals forming an accountable care organization (ACO) want the organization to be as cohesive and efficient as possible.  This means gathering physicians who can work well together.  Compatibility is crucial in ensuring that superior care is provided to their patients.  In the past, hospitals reached out to physicians who are or already have worked together.  Others have brought together physicians at random.  A new proposed approach is to evaluate physician relationships within a community by utilizing social network analysis.

The role of social media in provider care has become immensely prevalent and hospitals are beginning to use these networks to build ACOs.  Social networking offers an electronic representation of professional and personal relationships among individuals and groups.  Through these networks, participants can share information, ideas, and influences amongst one another.  Like everyone else, physicians join and create social networks based on practice affiliations, friendships, and other criteria.

Social networking has now become a tool for hospitals to track these connections and see who physicians prefer to communicate with.  A social network map will show how physicians influence other physicians and individuals in their communities.  By using social network maps, hospitals can also assess how many generalists and specialists a provider has access to.  These maps show physician clusters which represent pre-existing relationships between physicians as well as their relationships with hospitals.  Another advantage to social networks is that they facilitate the spread of information among providers and hospitals which can positively influence the practice of medicine.

Creating an ACO using social network analysis is a superior approach to the random selection hospitals used before because the social influences physicians establish in social networks exhibit their leadership, practice patterns, and affiliations.   Social networks give hospitals the opportunity to develop successful ACOs by combining the strengths of physicians who are compatible socially, and as a result, likely compatible professionally.

 

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How Can I Make My Profile More Attractive to get physicians to open up to my area? »

Pictures and detailed information are essential to gaining interest from physician candidates.  There are so many jobs out there – they become numb to looking at text.

Interview Tips »

Now that you have made it to the next step in the hiring process, you’ll need a rock-solid interview to land you the job. Follow these tips to be prepared for your next physician interview.

iPhone Apps for Physicians »

We live in a world where there is an app for just about everything under the sun. The medical industry is no exception! There is a wide selection of medical apps available for download that will help physicians practice medicine in a more efficient manner. Yes, your phone can now help you be a better physician! Gone are the days of searching through heavy reference books and notes, now all you need to do is pick up your iphone or ipad and select the app of your choice! Listed below are some of the most popular apps being purchased by physicians today.

Medscape: This was the #1 downloaded free medical app in 2010. It is the largest, most comprehensive free medical app available for healthcare professionals. Along with a drug reference and drug interaction checker, it also contains a disease and condition reference and treatment guide. It provides a procedures reference, as well as continuing medical education (CME/CE) activities. These are just some of the many features available in this expansive app.

Epocrates: This is the #1 mobile drug reference resource used by healthcare providers 3 to 1 as their point of care drug reference choice. With trusted and accurate information, it assists physicians in making more informed medical decisions, leading to improved patient safety. It provides several unique features, such as a pill identifier, formulary data and dosing calculator that physicians require at the point of care.

Mediquations: This app was selected as a “Staff Favorite” by Apple. It is the original, most comprehensive medical calculator on the App Store. It contains 230 formulas and scoring tools. Users are able to reference full equations, detailed information, relevant pictures and Pubmed links for each scoring tool.

Medica Spanish (with audio): This is the #1 selling Medical Spanish phrase book. It was recently updated to add new features, requested by users. This comprehensive phrase book was written by physicians for physicians! It’s like having a personal interpreter on call 24/7 in your pocket. It assists you in obtaining full SOAP notes with “yes or no” questions and helps you become more independent and confident in using your Spanish, providing high quality translations with audio.

ICDMeister: This very popular ICD-9 coding reference is now an available in the app store! Its “Most Common Diagnosis” lists let you find most of the codes you need with 3-4 taps. Search for abbreviations and acronyms, full words or part of a word. Efficiency at the palm of your hand!

 

Tips for Physician CV »

Looking to write the perfect resume for your next physician position? Try these tips for your Physician CV to help you on your way.

Why aren’t more physicians responding to my emails? »

It is important to understand the difference between eMatchPhysicians and other websites.  The concept of matching is strange enough to wrap our heads around, but even stranger is the concept that less is more. Read more.

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