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Mobile technology can speed the hiring process for MDs

Smartphones may be driving your IT department crazy, but your HR team loves them. The reason: Smartphones are helping make it easier to find, and hire, physicians, according to a story published in

Four ways to keep office romances from harming your practice

Office romances aren't as taboo as they used to be, and practice management consultants advise that it may not be reasonable or effective to try to ban employees of your medical practice from dating.

Reconsider common staffing misconceptions

When it comes to hiring the best employees for your medical practice, standard wisdom includes a surprising number of meritless wives' tales. A recent piece in Medical Economics provides examples of

Employee lawsuits: A dangerously overlooked risk

Did you know that the average small business in the United States is five times more likely to be sued over an employment issue than any other reason? For medical practices, this means being sued by

Three tips to overcome hasty hiring decisions

As with any specialty, the providers in every hospitalist practice should be a good fit for the practice's culture, writes practicing hospitalist John Nelson, MD, MHM, FACP, co-founder and past

Study: Healthcare managers set up to fail

Everyone knows that front-line healthcare managers have tough jobs. But according to a new report, it's worse than that: Many are actually set up to fail, no matter how well they perform. The report,

Los Angeles hospital officials not sure about criminal background checks

The news continues to be bad for officials in Los Angeles County's human resources department, which was recently slammed for, among other things, keeping a convicted rapist working with vulnerable