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 Recruitment: Preparing Candidates for Virtual Interviews
Video interviews are becoming the norm in today’s COVID-19 environment. As physician recruiters, we want to be able to prepare our candidates to be “camera-ready” and shine in what can be a very awkward and new approach to demonstrating their best self.
B/Mc Podcast: COVID-19 and Physician Relations – Leadership Interview #4
We’re hearing so much interest in learning from other teams during this time of changing roles. There are wonderful ideas out there, so we’ve set up a series of podcasts with program leaders across the country to share their ideas for effective meetings, projects for...
B/Mc Podcast: COVID-19 and Physician Relations – Leadership Interview #3
We’re hearing so much interest in learning from other teams during this time of changing roles. There are wonderful ideas out there, so we’ve set up a series of podcasts with program leaders across the country to share their ideas for effective meetings, projects for...
B/Mc Podcast: COVID-19 and Physician Relations – Leadership Interview #2
We’re hearing so much interest in learning from other teams during this time of changing roles. There are wonderful ideas out there, so we’ve set up a series of podcasts with program leaders across the country to share their ideas for effective meetings, projects for...
B/Mc Podcast: COVID-19 and Physician Relations – Leadership Interview #1
We’re hearing so much interest in learning from other teams during this time of changing roles. There are wonderful ideas out there, so we’ve set up a series of podcasts with program leaders across the country to share their ideas for effective meetings, projects for...
COVID-19 Means More is Virtual, 7 Ideas for Good Meetings
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA | kbarlow@barlowmccarthy.com Wow! Life is anything but business as usual in healthcare these days. To socially distance and accomplish the work at hand, many are finding new ways to connect. The traditional meeting is giving way to more...
Physician Relations: Are Issues Getting the Best of You?
By: Susan Boydell | sboydell@barlowmccarthy.com One of the most common challenges I often hear from field staff is dealing with issues and barriers. Folks aren’t sweating the small stuff (well, maybe a little bit of sweat!), but it’s the big stuff that can’t be fixed...
Medical Staff Development Planning 2020: Beyond Just Supply & Demand
Over the last 20 years, the community needs assessment has been at the core of the medical development plan for health systems. But, the days of defining recruitment needs based solely on a market surplus, or shortage, of a particular specialty are long gone.
It’s All About Field Action, Or Is It?
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA | kbarlow@barlowmccarthy.com A manager recently said to me, “We can’t take sales people out of the field for training.” In this case, one of their field members was new to the organization but had a strong track record of sales success in...
Physician Recruitment Sourcing: Simple Changes for a Great 2020
The challenge of course is that healthcare is notorious for too much work and too few people. While we should be looking up for what is new, we are stuck with our heads down working hard to get our daily work done.