Physician productivity is a focal point of success for healthcare organizations, but many are slow to adopt formal onboarding practices, according to a Sept. 5 article by the American Medical Association.
A report published by the Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment compiled data from a survey it conducted alongside the Jackson Physician Search and LocumTenens.com. The survey identified onboarding activity and its whether it contributed to job satisfaction for physicians and other healthcare providers.
Among those who had a positive onboarding experience, 56% reported high job satisfaction, compared to 19% who reported a negative onboarding experience. Additionally, only 2% of respondents who had a positive onboarding experience reported job dissatisfaction, compared with 12% of those who had a negative one.
About 40% of respondents said their onboarding process ran at least three months to a year, while 40% said their process ended within a month.
"A formal onboarding process is a significant factor in determining satisfaction levels among medical professionals," the report said. "Seventy-three percent of physicians and clinicians who reported satisfaction with their onboarding had undergone a formal process, compared to only 34% of those who were dissatisfied."
Despite the correlation between positive onboarding and job satisfaction, only 11.3% of healthcare organizations have at least one recruitment professional tasked with onboarding.