Barlow/McCarthy Blog
Check back often to hear from our talented team of consultants. Topics covered include: Physician Relations, Physician Recruitment, Practice Marketing, Medical Staff Development, Community Health Needs Assessments, etc.
Physician Relations: Are Your Internal Ducks in a Row?
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA | kbarlow@barlowmccarthy.com Based on our observations, many physician relations teams have not done any face-to-face physician meetings in a year. Time goes by, skills change, other priorities may move in. Now, liaison teams everywhere are...
Physician Relations: “Blitz” to Volume
By: Susan Boydell | sboydell@barlowmccarthy.com It’s been a year! This time last year, I’m not sure any of us thought we’d still be in the throes of the pandemic one year later. But there is light at the end of the tunnel. When I think back on the past 12 months, we...
4 Simple Ways Recruitment Leaders Can Energize their Team
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com A new year means a fresh start. But familiar problems can give way to old habits for many well-intentioned leaders. Ongoing pandemic challenges, virtual workplaces, productivity traps – all of these can distract...
Physician Recruitment: When Is the Right Time for Sourcing?
By: Tony Barlow | tbarlow@barlowmccarthy.com When it comes to “sales” type roles, physician recruiting included, timing is incredibly important. And if you didn’t believe in the art of timing, the pandemic has hopefully cleared that up! How do you choose the "right...
Physician Relations: I See Field Visits in Your Future
By: Kriss Barlow RN, MBA | kbarlow@barlowmccarthy.com Vaccines have triggered a collective sigh of relief for many healthcare workers around safely providing care and returning to pre-pandemic routines. In many markets, physician relations teams are beginning to think...
Physician Recruitment: How to Capture Attention with Job Postings
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com If you have worked in recruitment long you know that many stages of provider recruitment follow a consistent timeline. Typically, this is the time of year when organizations refresh their medical staff development...
Physician Relations: Ready to Get Back in the Field?
By: Susan Boydell | sboydell@barlowmccarthy.com Since the pandemic started, liaisons have been yearning to get back to normal and back in the field calling on practices. Now that it looks like it’s sooner rather than later. It could be the biggest mistake we will ever...
Physician Relations: The Courage to Change
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA | kbarlow@barlowmccarthy.com If a change is important to the organization’s strategic success, then everyone has a part to play. Have you ever met a person that digs in their heels when asked to change? I have. To the core of their being,...
10 Ideas for 2021 from the Team at Barlow/McCarthy
The team at Barlow/McCarthy offered their thoughts as we ready ourselves for 2021 and the good work ahead. Looking to the new year, we’re preparing new tools and ideas to support your needs for physician relations, recruitment and strategy to make sure it can be the...
Physician Recruitment: Effective Recruiting Through the Holidays
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com The Holidays Might Look Different This Year, but Physician Recruitment Should Stay the Course As we prepare for the Christmas holiday and the most recent COVID-19 surge continues, many of us are making the difficult...