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
A Mentor or Career Coach: For Professional and Personal Growth
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com The concept of mentor or career coach can mean different things to different people. Definitions can vary based on the job function, personal experience, and other factors, but it seems there are common themes...
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.
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.
Physician Recruitment: Never Underestimate the Value of Differentiation
If you fly enough, at some point, you have encountered the dreaded canceled flight. I was the lucky one that this happened to last Friday night, not once but three times!
When Leaders and Recruiters are In Sync
Leadership engagement is a critical component to a successful provider recruitment program. Without the right leaders supporting the process, recruitment can easily seem fragmented for the recruitment team and worse yet, for the providers you are trying to bring into the organization.
Five Difference Makers for Creating a Successful Provider Onboarding Program
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com Bringing a new provider into the organization can be the start of a successful relationship or the beginning of a missed opportunity. Effective onboarding is not just a “nice” thing to do; it is a critical first step...
In Changing Times, Reset your Physician Recruitment Team for Success
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com As leaders in recruitment, we’ve all seen the statistics for the growing shortage of physicians. The struggle is real, and with the employment landscape changing, we need to think about how we change our strategies...