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Focus Search Partners Joins the Nashville Healthcare Council Trade Delegation to Paris, France
2013-04-12: As we ended the last session of the Council’s international mission in Paris on Friday, delegates reflected on the learning opportunities offered to them over the past five days. We began the trip anxious to understand what France was doing to achieve its strong outcomes and low health care GDP. Many insights were gained, but, as in so much with health care, there is no simple answer. (Article Reprinted from the April 12, 2013 Edition of the Nashville Post. Article written by Aileen Katcher) Read More...

Healthcare Executive Search Firms: Focus Search Partners’ 2012 Quality Outcomes Lead the Industry
2013-02-07: Most healthcare executive search firms keep their quality outcomes private. We, Focus Search Partners, continue to publish our quality results here. Actually, 2012 is the seventh consecutive year Focus Search Partners has led all healthcare executive search firms by reporting quality outcomes. (Press Release) Read More...

Nashville Authors Tell Parents to Light a Fire Under Grads
2012-05-14: If the class of 2012 is anything like those in recent years, nearly half will move back home. A pair of Nashville authors has a word for parents – don’t let them get too comfortable. (Article Reprinted from Nashville Public Radio. Interview by Blake Farmer.) Read More...

Healthcare Executive Search Firms: Focus Search Partners’ Quality Outcomes Lead the Industry
2011-12-29: Most healthcare executive search firms keep their quality outcomes private. We, Focus Search Partners, continue to publish our quality results here. Actually, this is the sixth consecutive year Focus Search Partners has led all healthcare executive search firms with reporting quality outcomes. (Press Release) Read More...

Healthcare Executive Search Firm Focus Search Partners' Quality Outcomes Lead the Industry
2011-04-21: Most healthcare executive search firms keep their quality outcomes private. At FOCUS Search Partners we continue to publish our annual quality results. In fact, this is the fifth consecutive year that we've led all healthcare executive search firms by publicly reporting our quality outcomes. Why don't other healthcare executive search firms report their results? (Press Release.) Read More...

EXECUTIVE PROFILE: Paul Frankenberg. Executive Headhunter or NBA star?
2011-03-08: Meet Paul Frankenberg as he talks about launching a business in a recession, finding the right candidate for the job, his gift of time and his double life as Steve Kerr. (Reprinted from the Nashville Business Journal) Read More...

Kraft Search Associates Spins Off to Become FOCUS Search Partners, LLC
2011-01-10: Nashville, Tennessee -- Kraft Search Associates, a leading healthcare executive search firm, is spinning off from KraftCPAs and becoming FOCUS Search Partners, LLC effective January 2011, according to Paul Frankenberg, President and CEO. (Press Release.) Read More...

Healthcare Executive Search Firms: Kraft Search Associates' Quality Outcomes Lead the Industry
2008-11-25: Most healthcare executive search firms keep their quality outcomes private. We, Kraft Search Associates, continue to publish our quality results here. Actually, this is the third consecutive year Kraft Search Associates has led all healthcare executive search firms with reporting quality outcomes. Will other healthcare executive search firms report? (Press Release.) Read More...

Seventh Health Care Trade Mission Establishes High-Level Dialogue and Showcases Nashville Health Care Expertise
2008-09-12: The Nashville Health Care Council and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce recently organized a seventh health care trade mission that visited Stockholm, Sweden and Berlin, Germany on September 7-12, 2008. (Article Reprinted from the Nashville Health Care Council.) Read More...

Healthcare Executive Search Firm Expands to Dallas: Lourdes Cordero Joins Kraft Search Associates
2008-03-31: The nationally-recognized healthcare executive search firm, Kraft Search Associates, is pleased to announce Lourdes Cordero has joined the firm and will be working in the company's new Dallas, TX office. (Press Release.) Read More...

Rising Star: CEO Frankenberg Cycled to Top at Kraft Search Associates
2008-03-28: As CEO of Kraft Search Associates, Paul Frankenberg leads a firm that was named among the top 25 healthcare search firms in the United States by Modern Healthcare magazine. (Article Reprinted from the Nashville Business Journal.) Read More...

Healthcare Executive Search Firm Leads Industry by Publishing Quality Outcomes
2008-01-07: Most executive search firms keep their quality outcomes private. We've published our quality results here. Will other executive search firms do the same? (Press Release.) Read More...

Modern Healthcare Magazine Names Kraft Search Associates a Top-25 Healthcare Executive Search Firm
2007-07-10: Kraft Search Associates has been included in Modern Healthcare magazine's Top-25 ranking of national healthcare executive search firms for 2006. (Reprinted from Modern Healthcare Magazine.) Read More...

Wanted: Older Workers. No Longer Seen as a Liability, Seasoned Workers May Hold Keys to Business Success
2006-09-08: Erica Whittlinger's job running a money management firm was exciting, high-powered, lucrative, fast-paced'and it was killing her. She began suffering from heart problems and realized that if she kept up her current lifestyle, she was literally going to die at her desk. (Reprinted from Vanderbilt Business Magazine.) Read More...

Owen Offers Foundation for Health Care Careers
2006-09-06: Many signs point to career opportunities in health care: advances in medical science and technology, technology applications and electronic health records, evidence-based medicine, consumer-driven health care, and the aging population. The leadership role Owen is assuming through its Health Care MBA is supported by both industry leaders and industry trends and statistics. (Reprinted from Vanderbilt Business Magazine.) Read More...

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