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.
Doctor-Patient Relationships Rank at the Top
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA I often search the web for interesting facts when I prepare talks or articles. When trolling, I found this survey conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. I think there are some really interesting...
Thankfulness from the BMc Team
In this season of Thanksgiving, the Barlow/McCarthy team has taken some time to put together their messages of thanks. Those messages are below… From all of us on the team, we are thankful for the clients we serve and the people we have met. Happy Thanksgiving!...
Thanksgiving 2014
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA Thanksgiving is here. Its one day when work takes a back seat to personal traditions including family, food, and football. As Americans, we get a bit retrospective and humbled by all that is right about our country. Through many trials, our...
Mastering Your Physician Recruitment Message
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA Read any physician recruitment posting and tell me, quick, what’s the benefit? If it doesn’t jump off the page, then it’s likely...
Rethinking Physician Network Development
By: David F. Zirkle, PhD Medical staff planning has traditionally focused on the number of physicians required to serve the healthcare needs of a defined...
Don’t Let Data Be a Barrier. Make It Work!
By: Susan Boydell Ask any liaison or their manager what frustrates them and the word “data” is usually somewhere in...
Physician Relations: What THEY Need to Do… and ME Too?
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA One of the things I love most about my job is the chance to work with so many...
Halloween: Bobbing for Prospects
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA I simply love Halloween! It’s the crisp fall air, pumpkin carving, excitement of the right costumes, and the chance to be a kid again. And bobbing for apples a game that we always play at our Halloween parties. It is a great activity, but...
Physician Relations: Speak Their Language
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA A recent Seth Godin blog hit home for me. He says, “Long words when short ones will do. Fancy clothes to keep the riffraff out and to give us a costume to hide behind. Most of all, the sneer of, "you don't understand" or, "you don't know the...
5 New Habits to Improve Physician Recruitment Results
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA They say it takes 21 days to change a habit. However, recently I read a blog that suggested it now takes, on average, 66 days to make a change stick. Either way, it takes focus to either break a bad habit or start a positive one. If you...