Physician Onboarding
We know from deep experience that the best physician onboarding begins with a disciplined plan to integrate new physicians into existing cultures. How we help get a physician started makes a significant difference in long-term physician satisfaction, enhanced performance, and retention. Our approach recognizes the importance of local healthcare/medical ownership and helps create logical touchpoints.
Developing a standardized set of tactical activities and timelines, tailored to your organization and unique market characteristics, has proven value for establishing and maintaining strong relationships with all physicians, but particularly those new recruits. We assist with:
- Tools and templates such as orientation schedule and operational checklists
- Disciplined rollout actions for the practice, hospital and community
- Post onboarding assessment and success measurement
Specific internal and external engagement strategies are a foundational element of quick integration for a new physician and acceleration of ramp-up for practice growth. We have a proven record of success in helping clients create:
- Critical success factors for onboarding optimization
- Required infrastructure and organizational process
- Colleague-Mentor options
- Important referral partnerships
Our Expertise
Physician Recruitment
Recruiting a strong pipeline of physician talent is the cornerstone of a strong hospital or medical practice. Physician recruitment teams play a critical role and high performance recruitment teams are vital to success.
Medical Staff Dev Planning
Hospital and medical practice success
Physician Relations
Hospital and medical practice success is built on the strength of relationships with physicians. Without that, there is no growth. Field liaison programs remain the most effective way to create and maintain meaningful connectivity with physicians.
From the Blog
Recruitment and Onboarding Blog
When Your Interview Process is Stuck in 2005 (And Why That’s Costing You Great Physicians)
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When Physician Recruiting Feels Like Driving Without Directions (And How to Get Your Bearings)
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The CFO’s Guide to Quantifying Physician Turnover: Hidden Costs That Impact Your Bottom Line
By: Mitzi Kent, RN, BSN | mkent@barlowmccarthy.com As healthcare CFOs face increasing financial pressures, many overlook one of the biggest drains on financial performance: physician turnover. While most financial leaders understand that losing physicians has a cost,...
From the Trenches: Real-World Insights from Our Work with Clients
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Medicaid Cuts and the Future of Recruitment & Relations: What Now?
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Business Development Blog
Why Leadership Coaching? Why Now?
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com After more than 30 years of leading and consulting health systems, I saw an opportunity to help those in leadership roles develop further to become more successful. The path to enable that support led me to...
Barlow/McCarthy Puts the Strategy in Medical Staff Development Planning
Note: This post is a bit different from the content we normally share. We are excited about the possibilities shared below and hope you find the post informative and helpful. Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions, info@barlowmccarthy.com. The...
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...
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...
Helping Your Team to Embrace Change
By: Susan Boydell | sboydell@barlowmccarthy.com “There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstances permit. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” –...
Referrals are only the beginning of the story.
If you’re ready to understand what happens after the referral is made and how it impacts access, retention, and revenue, our consultants would welcome the conversation.