WELCOME TO KUNTZ CONSULTING
Kuntz Consulting bridges the gap between deep, topic-specific knowledge and a broader, multidisciplinary healthcare ecosystem view. From custom consulting to training, we bring the 360-degree vantage point to round out the strategic thinking needed for long-term marketplace success for pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
OUR SOLUTIONS
Having been at the forefront of immense healthcare system changes and a key player in the evolution of oncology pathways development, Kuntz Consulting brings together complicated care delivery, payer, and GPO knowledge to give clients a full spectrum of possible opportunities and barriers before potential market missteps. From creative solutions to practical approaches, Kuntz Consulting leverages key partnerships and an understanding of the dynamic marketplace to help clients navigate successfully.
PHARMA
Gain unbiased, independent perspectives to formulate more highly focused market access and commercialization plans while avoiding unintended consequences and missteps through a 360-degree view. We also offer experience-based training that simplifies access to complex topics and deepens understanding.
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OUR PAST WORK
Since 2004, Gordon Kuntz has worked with oncology clinical pathways for a variety of organizations, including US Oncology, ION Solutions/AmerisourceBergen, Via Oncology/Elsevier, and a large NCI Cancer Center with their own pathways. A member of the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Pathways, he has contributed numerous articles and moderated the 2019 and 2020 Clinical Pathways Congress.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
What Do We Mean When We Talk About “Clinical Pathways”?
For those new to the world of clinical pathways, the jargon, development process, and ramifications of pathways can seem mysterious and obscure. To put clinical pathways into context, many disease or medical treatment categories use order sets or treatment protocols to define the testing and procedures that constitute the best practice or state of the art for a particular situation…
How Clinical Pathways Can Support Cancer Center Growth, Care Quality, and Cost Containment
Implementing clinical pathways in a cancer center is a large undertaking with multiple implications that ripple throughout the organization. The cancer centers that have the most success start with a strong strategic underpinning; they and their staff fully understand the “why” of implementing pathways…
Achieving Organizational Culture Change in Your Practice to Support an Effective Pathways Program
Effectively implementing a pathways program can be more challenging than one might initially believe. If a practice goes into the project simply thinking it is an IT implementation, they will be disappointed. Implementing a pathways system and making it an effective part of the practice’s daily efforts for success are two very different approaches. Although the pathways implementation has numerous technical components, the clinical and operational components are among the most important…
Engaging Clinicians as Partners in Pathways Utilization
Getting physicians and other clinicians engaged in the use of pathways is not always easy, but it is always essential. Without engaged users of the pathways, the goals of the cancer center in implementing pathways simply cannot be met. The pathways system is a tool—and a tool unused is really of little or no use at all. Achieving clinician compliance with the organization’s standards of use requires a number of aligned factors…