CASE STUDY | Dayton Children’s Hospital: Provider Recruitment
Using the Right Data to Develop a Strategic Approach to Recruitment
SullivanCotter recently partnered with Dayton Children’s Hospital to conduct a comprehensive Provider Needs Assessment
Hospitals and health systems nationwide are facing intense competition for physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs) due to ongoing shortages in clinician supply. Like many organizations, the number of physicians and APPs at Dayton Children’s Hospital had grown swiftly and organically without a comprehensive and centralized strategy to support its sustainability. In this article, learn how Dayton Children’s moved from a case-by-case recruitment approach focused on individual service line requirements to an overarching strategic workforce plan that used patient needs as the catalyst for determining the appropriate number and type of clinicians.
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