“What motivates me is forming close, working relationships with clients. When we’re working together in partnership and they achieve the results they want— it doesn’t get any better than that.”
Allison’s true passion is working side-by-side with physician leaders and their administrative partners to support leadership growth and development. She blends her coaching expertise with a wealth of hands-on experience leading physician strategy efforts within several healthcare organizations including practice management, physician and staff recruitment, new practice development, and provider retention.
Recent Posts and Articles
Comparing In-House Recruitment to External Firms: Is It Really About Money?
By Allison McCarthy, MBA The physician recruitment community has long made the argument that the advantage of in-house functions over search firms is one of cost. In fact, a recent HealthLeader’s Media article shared “Adding a full time employee to manage the process...
Differentiation: Competitive Differentiators in Recruitment
By Ann Maloley, MBA Competitive differentiators – it’s not a new concept in the world of marketing and brand positioning. But the rule also applies – and has never been more critical – to the world of physician recruitment. Just as marketers strive to communicate to...
Getting Impact with Leadership
By Allison McCarthy, MBA Market knowledge is a key weapon to capture senior leader’s attention for physician recruitment. While everyone agrees that leadership involvement is a necessity for supporting well-defined search priorities, medical staff buy-in, adequate...
Home for the Holidays: Recruitment Strategies that Work
By Allison McCarthy, MBA Some see it as an opportunity to slow down while a few might see it as a good time to recruit. But given all our prospecting messages around “returning to your roots,” this may be the best time of year to tug at those heartstrings. The...
No Prospects – No Recruits
By Allison McCarthy, MBA When you consider how many leads it can take to land a recruit, you realize how critical prospecting is to physician recruitment success. Today’s contracted doctor may have been: 1 of 5 site visits conducted 1 of a dozen or so telephone...
Gaining Practice Support for Your Practice Development Plan
By Ann Maloley, MBA Buy-in from the internal practice team can make all the difference in the success of a practice development strategy. At the start of the hospital-employed physician relationship, there’s a good chance there will be some anxiety about this new...
Book Review: The Power of an Hour
by Allison McCarthy, MBA How often have you said, “If I only had more time, I would…” Many examples I have heard include “spend more time in the field,” “track and report on my efforts” or “do more proactive sourcing.” In reading Dave Lakhani’s book The Power of an...