#322 The Business of Healthcare Consulting - Do you need to hire a healthcare (business) consultant?

The Business of Healthcare Podcast with Tara Humphrey

Building on from episodes 312 & 314, Tara returns to discuss the importance of considering outside help from consultants for healthcare leaders facing challenges. Tara provides a list of important questions for leaders to reflect on and determine if they would benefit from external support.. Tara's key takeaways:

• Consider hiring a consultant if you consistently miss targets, have the same recurring issues, lack clarity on strategy, or face staffing and morale problems.
• Be ready and committed to investing time and resources to improve the situation before seeking outside help.
• Think about the potential impact of resolving the issue and consider if it can be resolved internally or if outside help is needed.
• When looking for a consultant, seek referrals from trusted sources and prioritise expertise and experience over cost.
• Consultants should deliver on the agreed scope of work and stay focused on the brief.

Episode 312 & 314 - download here

The book - The Five dysfunctions of a team

Questions asked in the episode

1. Are you collectively ready and commited to invest in the time and resources to improve the situation?
2. What is the cost of doing nothing and everything remaining the same?
3. What could things look like if they were different? and if the situation improved, what would be the impact if things got better?
4. Do you truly think that the issues can be resolved internally?
5. If not, who might this person/team be?

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I’m Tara Humphrey and I’m the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads. To date, I’ve worked with 11 Training Hubs and supported over 120 Primary Care Networks and 3 GP Federations. 

I understand and appreciate the complexity of healthcare and what it takes to deliver projects across multiple practices.   

I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I’m also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 250 blogs.   

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