By: Allison McCarthy, MBA They say it takes 21 days to change a habit. However, recently I read a blog that suggested it now takes, on average, 66 days to make a change stick. Either way, it takes focus to either break a bad habit or start a positive one. If you...
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA “If you have two good friends at work, you’re almost guaranteed to like your job.” -Tom Rath, author, Vital Friends This year’s Association of Staff Physician Recruiters conference in August confirmed the notion that physician recruiters are...
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA In today’s healthcare market the winner is the organization that delivers the best care to the most patients. To that end, organizations are recognizing the vital role of primary care physicians – and quickly realizing there are far too few...
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA “If you don’t know exactly where you’re going, how will you know when you get there?” ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free Traditionally, the purpose of medical staff development planning was to define where not-for-profit...
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA It’s ironic that one of the fastest-growing health concerns in the U.S. is being treated by one of the most-dwindling specialties. According to Andrew Stewart, M.D., chief of the endocrinology division at the University of Pittsburgh in the...
