Author: Allison McCarthy, MBA Most organizations begin efforts to implement a physician relations tracking system by first selecting the software. The unfortunate outcome is often that the organization quickly outgrows the selected software as it fulfills the...
By Allison McCarthy, MBA Establishing a physician relations tracking system is much more than selecting the right product. In fact, that’s actually a small part of the effort. Those who have successfully selected and implemented systems took an inside-out versus...
Author: Allison McCarthy, MBA Originally published in the July 2003 issue of SHSMD E-CONNECT, the author updated the content in March 2009 to reflect the increasingly competitive recruitment environment. In today’s marketplace, recruiting qualified candidates...
by Allison McCarthy, MBA There is no better “messenger” of our physician recruitment pitch than a member of the medical staff. But they can also be our greatest challenge. We can spend as much time managing medical staff angst as we do prospecting for candidates. Is...
By Allison McCarthy, MBA Many called them cursed. The Boston Red Sox hadn’t won a World Series for 86 years. But the 2004 team finally did it. That season, it wasn’t about a single player providing the edge. It was the synchronization of all the players that delivered...
Author: Allison McCarthy, MBA If you’re recruiting physicians to your organization, then you probably feel challenged daily by internal disconnects that hinder your progress. More than likely you deal with one or more of them daily. And for many of these issues,...
