Mitzi brings enthusiasm and expertise in cultivating creative strategies in the hospital, ambulatory and post-acute settings that produce exceptional business growth and outstanding physician loyalty.
Mitzi offers more than 25 years of progressive healthcare experience working with Fortune 500 companies such as HCA, Gentiva and LifePoint Health, and has demonstrated business development success in both urban and rural markets.
She is an energetic and creative leader who has a proven record of accomplishment in building and motivating teams as well as cultivating profitable strategies for long-term success. She is noted for her ability to effectively work with hospital management teams and corporate leaders.
Mitzi’s keen focus on tactical growth and business alignment is a tremendous asset to aid in the advancement of organizational goals. Her extensive management experience in guiding fast-paced operations with exemplary leadership and problem solving skills has consistently resulted in profitable, long-term success.
Mitzi focuses on physician relations, recruitment, new provider onboarding and medical staff planning, applying her expertise in developing strategy, assessments and plans that achieve outstanding business growth, physician loyalty and an exceptional patient experience.
Mitzi, a resident of Nashville TN, earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of South Carolina.
Recent Posts and Articles
The Art of Optimizing Physician Recruitment at Job Fairs
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com Note: We are excited to be exhibiting at AAPPR 2024. If you plan to attend, please find us at booth 917. In a couple of weeks, we will again join our colleagues in the recruitment world for the AAPPR Conference in...
Is Your Recruitment Team at Championship Level?
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com Like many of you, I was glued to my TV watching the Super Bowl teams compete for the ultimate Vince Lombardi trophy. I was amazed with both teams – their determination, resilience and dedication to the sport was...
Physician Recruitment: Time for a Reset on Job Postings
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com There comes a time in every job postings life when it needs a reset. Usually, we would say that is at least every 6 months, if it is a high priority posting you might prefer to do it every 3 months or even every...
The Right Metrics for Sharing Your Recruitment Team Story
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com Leadership's understanding of how your team works to fill your organization's needs is vital to showing the value of your in-house provider recruitment program. With internal buy-in and support, your team's efforts...
Elevate your Organization’s Recruitment Strategy
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com What got you here won’t get you there. Most of us are familiar with this phrase. I often think about it when I have been tasked with a project that I have done many times, but now the results I am getting are...
Medical Staff Development Planning: Beyond Just Supply & Demand
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com Over the last 25 years, the community needs assessment has been at the core of the medical staff development plan for health systems. But, the days of defining recruitment needs based solely on a particular...
Look to Enhance Your Recruitment Team for Success
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com As leaders in recruitment, we've all experienced challenges motivating our provider recruitment teams. The struggle is real, and with the physician shortage and provider needs post-pandemic, we need to think about...
New Tactics to Get Your Recruitment Team on Track
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, MBA | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com Whether it is the lingering effects of pandemic virtual work or other stressors within your team, the resulting uncertainty can impact your recruitment team's motivation at work. You may see some of your star team...
5 New Year’s Recruitment Resolutions to Start Your Year Off with a Bang
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com If you are like me, you have already started that "list" you know which one I am talking about—the obligatory New Year's resolution list. Many of you are likely creating personal resolutions, for me those are often...
Reimaging Recruitment Relationships with Key Stakeholders
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com Recently I had the great fortune of speaking to a recruitment team in Indiana. This was the first time the team had gotten together in person since the pandemic, and the energy in the room was noticeable. Our goal was...