“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
Taking the Long View on Physician Recruitment
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com The airlines have recently demonstrated some danger signs for physician recruitment. With their focus on filling airplanes versus the quality of the experience, a few carriers have damaged their reputations with...
Incorporating Other Tools into Medical Staff Development Planning
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA and Mike Harristhal, MBA “To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.” -- William James Determining demand/supply is still relevant in today’s medical staff development plans. But, this is only one set of analytics...
Making Credentialing a Pleasant Experience
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com As clients share concerns about their onboarding process, credentialing tops the frustration list - with anxiety over start date delays and bad impressions demonstrated to the new recruit. Credentialing involves...
Implications of New Supply and Demand Projections for Your Medical Community
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recently released the 2017 update to its Physician Supply and Demand Projections. While demand still outweighs supply is still the overall conclusion, the...
Is Your Physician Careers Web Page User Friendly?
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com I was recently in and out of LaGuardia Airport with a rental car for client work. While I hadn’t experienced travel logistics in this location before, I certainly had expectations based on prior experience....
An Innovative Approach to Assessing Your Recruitment Strategies
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com "Balancing hopes, desires and an appreciation of the possibilities with a clear-eyed assessment of the limitations; that is the art of choosing." – Sheena Iyengar The midpoint of the annual recruitment cycle has...
How Residency Training Affects Practice Choices
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com A client recently held an educational event for its family medicine residents. While the goal was to help the residents make post-training career decisions, the underlying assumption was to build awareness of...
Physician Recruitment: Take Advantage of the Holidays
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com Some see it as an opportunity to slow down but don’t let yourself be fooled. This is a great time to be doing all you can to build up your provider recruitment pipeline. Just adapt your approach to fit the time...
An Attitude Adjustment: It’ll Work Every Time
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com As the article title reflects, Hank Williams Jr. said it best in his 1984 hit song. Much has been written about attitude as a key ingredient for business success. Yes, positive attitudes do elevate...
Skills to Stay Relevant in Physician Recruitment
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com “Distraction leaches the authenticity out of our communications. When we are not emotionally present, we are gliding over the surface of our interactions and we never tangle in the depths where the nuances of...