Reform’s Impact on Physician Recruitment

Reform’s Impact on Physician Recruitment

By: Allison McCarthy, MBA News about health reform’s impact is abundant with information about accountable care, health exchanges, patient-centered medical homes, clinical integration and more.  Yet, the impact on physician recruitment typically goes unmentioned....

Physician Relations: The 12th Man in Physician Engagement

By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA In healthcare the days of business as usual are over. – Harvard Business Review. (Porter and Lee) Refuse to succumb to the notion that physician engagement does not fit within the scope of a physician relations strategy.  Field staff,...

Market Research within Barlow/McCarthy

By: David F. Zirkle, PhD We believe market research is a process that transforms data into actionable recommendations.  The outcome is the delivery of “the right information, to the right people, in the right format” to support the decision-making process. Our client...

The Fabulous Funnel

By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA Good referral development starts with a conversation and the building of a relationship and trust.  Relationships can have the right elements and exist forever, but never move into new referral business.  For example, although a family...

Onboarding: The Engagement Tool for New Physician Recruits

By: Allison McCarthy, MBA Recent client work has enabled us to gather feedback from new physician recruits about their experience entering their hiring organization.  Based on what we’ve heard, we have some work to do to ensure we have them become fully engaged....

Convening Teams to Exceed Expectations

By: Jeff Cowart, MAH Team is a concept that has firmly established itself in the language of our corporate lives. We convene people frequently to collaborate, innovate, set vision and address issues. But, over the years, as I have done leadership counseling for...