Why Do Hospitals Lose Out on Potential Physicians? Our recruiters are sometimes approached by a prospective client that reaches out for assistance specifically due to a long-term physician search initiative that “falls apart” in the final stages. Oftentimes, organizations can lose one or several candidates near the end of the placement process… but why…
Healthcare is an ever-changing entity – so it’s no wonder hospitals can encounter difficulty with keeping aware of reimbursement updates, especially while enduring a pandemic and all of its challenges to our industry over the last 18 months! If you didn’t get a chance to read the 700+ page Federal Register, the summary below includes…
Turnover in a hospital or physician practice setting is inevitable, but within the healthcare industry, continuity and consistency are the hallmarks of an efficient high-quality service line — the foundation of all successful specialty programs. As an Interim Manager with Corazon, I have worked in dozens of organizations across the country with the goal of…
Earlier this year, on June 30th, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, in partnership with other organizations, released updated blood conservation clinical practice guidelines addressing an evidenced-based, multi-modal, and multi-disciplinary approach to conserving blood resources, in addition to optimizing outcomes in patients at high risk for transfusion. These guidelines have…
Every few years we seem to “shuffle the deck” at the Corazon office with moves of individuals closer to their core work group members. On Friday, as I prepared for my Monday office move, I was looking through old files for the opportunity to purge! I scanned though a file of articles I had authored…
The coronavirus (COVID-19) fundamentally changed the landscape of hospitals and health systems in 2020 and leaders are now charged with developing post-pandemic growth strategies which involve developing priorities that reflect a new reality. In order to not only survive but to grow and thrive post COVID, hospital and healthcare system leaders need to be forward-thinking…
Before joining Corazon’s team of experts, I was fortunate to spend my last clinical assignment in a peripheral-vascular lab. Our services covered PAD (peripheral artery disease), but we also cared for a huge population of renal fistula/catheter patients. Due to the reoccurrence of problems involved with renal access sites, our renal patients returned on a…
During a recent conversation with colleagues, a comment was made that young doctors “don’t want to work,” that they lack the strong work ethic of prior generations. I responded with what I think they want, which is more defined work/life balance … and is that really a bad thing? I spent a considerable amount of…
When I started my first real job in radiology, I was 19 years old, 5’2”, and maybe 100 pounds soaking wet. My patients all thought I was a “candy striper” and were very surprised when I wasn’t replaced by the actual technologist for their exams. I quickly moved on to work in the Cardiac Cath…
Many hospitals nationwide have seen the benefits of expanding invasive cardiac services to include PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention) without open heart surgery on-site. Although these hospitals have the opportunity to provide advanced interventional cardiac care, they are limited as per the SCAI/ACC/AHA Expert Consensus Document: Update on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Without On-Site Surgical Backup that…
