Divulges the successful techniques hospitals across the nation are using to persuade physicians to fulfill their on-call obligations. Learn what’s working and what isn’t from the people who know best—your hospital peers facing the same struggle. This book explains the latest strategies for contracting, offering incentives, and negotiating with the physicians on your staff. Up-to-date information and practical management tools that show you how to balance your hospital’s needs with the needs of your staff and the needs of the community.
Some of the topics covered include a process for assessing physician perception of on-call duty, techniques for collecting on-call data by specialty to assess disparate burdens, discussion of key on-call compensation practices, including stipends and fee-for-service models, and a review of available specialty-specific compensation data.
