Beyond the Referral: How to Build Lasting Physician Engagement

Beyond the Referral: How to Build Lasting Physician Engagement

By: Susan Boydell | sboydell@barlowmccarthy.com Securing a physician’s referral is just the first step. The real challenge—and opportunity—lies in fostering meaningful, long-term relationships that go beyond a single patient handoff. Strong engagement isn’t built on...
Access Point Connectivity: A Growth Initiative

Access Point Connectivity: A Growth Initiative

By: Tricia Anderson | tanderson@barlowmccarthy.com In our highly competitive markets, innovative and strategic growth solutions are now required for the financial stability of healthcare systems. With the goal of capturing more patients, healthcare systems have spent...
Physician Relations: Leveraging Your Existing Referral Sources

Physician Relations: Leveraging Your Existing Referral Sources

By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA | kbarlow@barlowmccarthy.com  Most liaisons are far more comfortable working with existing practices than cold calling those who have never referred. And let’s face it, in some geographies, new prospects are slim pickings. Existing practices...

Developing a Regional Referral Strategy

Author: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA The original version of this article appeared in Healthcare Executive. Content has been updated to recognize the marketplace in 2009. To grow and sustain their business, many hospitals rely on inpatient tertiary care, and the competition...

Communication to Keep Physicians in the Loop

Author: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA For almost every healthcare executive, managing change seems to be a daily obligation. Change means that people and departments are in a state of flux. What is all of this change doing to impact communication? Tremendous energy is being...