Physician Relations Needs to Be Part of the Big Picture

Physician Relations Needs to Be Part of the Big Picture

By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA | kbarlow@barlowmccarthy.com What do inflation, escalating labor shortages, associated labor costs and hospital operating pressures have to do with a day in the life of a liaison? Sometimes, there’s a tendency to separate the field role from...
Invest in Growing Your Field Talent

Invest in Growing Your Field Talent

By: Susan Boydell | sboydell@barlowmccarthy.com Finding and even keeping great talent has been one of the fallouts of the pandemic and, not surprisingly, physician relations was not spared. As a program leader, we have a huge responsibility to grow our talent. It...
Podcast: Physician Relations Pandemic “Playbook”

Podcast: Physician Relations Pandemic “Playbook”

Host: Susan Boydell | sboydell@barlowmccarthy.com Guests: Rhonda Allen-Scott, Supervisor East Region, University Hospital and Jason Lansdale, Supervisor West Region, University Hospital Description: Jason Lansdale and Rhonda Allen-Scott, Provider Value Network...
Five Ideas to Finish Strong in the Field

Five Ideas to Finish Strong in the Field

By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA | kbarlow@barlowmccarthy.com This year was anything but normal and yet, field teams were able to have such a strong impact for their organizations. Truly a bravo moment and now, with a few weeks left, do you feel the pull to get just one more...
What Does Your Organization Need?

What Does Your Organization Need?

By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA | kbarlow@barlowmccarthy.com September reminds me of back to school. School teaches us many things relevant for our roles today – like making sure we do good research and testing our effectiveness alongside others. In that spirit, as we...
The Value of Dedicated Planning Time

The Value of Dedicated Planning Time

By: Susan Boydell | sboydell@barlowmccarthy.com Last week the Barlow/McCarthy team held a retreat. Like we’ve heard from so many field teams, it was just great to see each other in person again. But what was really great was the brainpower and discussion about the...