April 25, 2008

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Halley Consulting Group Adds Practice Consultant

Kathleen Brown joins national physician practice management firm

WESTERVILLE, Ohio --  In order to meet growing business and client needs, Halley Consulting Group, a national physician practice management and consulting firm, has added Kathleen M. Brown, MSSM, as a Practice Consultant.  The announcement was made today by Marc Halley, President and CEO.

“Kathleen has a very broad range of experience in information technology and leading private and public health care organizations through a practice planning process, developing business plans and conducting change management and process improvement – all of which will add great value for our clients,” said Halley.

Brown, a long time resident of Oxnard and recently Morro Bay, California, has more than 25 years of experience, specializing in information technology, project management, business development, process improvement, training and strategic planning.  She began her career with the Department of Navy and then left government work to begin strategic planning, business process improvement and manage a telemedicine grant at CyberOptions for a non-profit long-term care provider.  Brown then worked with I~Prise Communications to help implement telemedicine in rural clinics throughout California.  Most recently, she managed the enterprise infrastructure including a hosted data center for patient data, outcome analysis, clinical studies and data warehousing at VivoMetrics, a healthcare services provider.   

Brown received her Master of Science in Systems Management, Information Systems from the University of Southern California and her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Management from California State University Northridge.

Halley Consulting Group is a nationally recognized physician practice management and consulting firm that provides the strategy and performance improvement for practice integration that enables hospitals to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage.  By applying proven principles, tools and infrastructures, Halley Consulting Group helps clients maximize market share and realize the operational potential of the medical practices they own and operate.  Marc

Halley, the firm’s CEO, authored The Primary Care – Market Share Connection: How Hospitals Achieve Competitive Advantage, and the Halley team jointly authored several chapters in The Business of Healthcare.  The firm’s newest manuscript, a physician practice start-up manual, will be released through Greenbranch Publishing later this year.  For more details go to www.halleyconsulting.com.