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check our newest publication .... The Journal of Medical Sociology and Public Health

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Summer Internship Program
in Medical Sociology

Summer 2023 Program
Summer 2022 Program
Summer 2021 Program
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Understanding the Expectations of Your Patients

Makes Your Practice Stronger ...

MedFocus Research & Publishing was created to assist healthcare practices better understand the mindset and expectations of their patients. Our team of medical sociologists conducts surveys, focus groups, and one-on-one interviews to identify how patients are truly feeling about the healthcare delivery system. Our findings are then compiled into easy-to-understand articles and publications so that both patients and their providers can learn from one another.

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Experience Counts ....

With over 35 years of solid experience working with healthcare practices, we pride ourselves on the insights we uncover. Our team is experienced in both practice management and medical sociology, combined with an appreciation and full understanding of how the patient thinks. We are able to study patients and provide  with information that will be useful to all kinds of providers to better understand how the social determinants of health impact the practice of medicine and the overall patient experience.

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2021
The Summer 2021 Research Project

In the summer of 2021, a team of medical sociologists from across the country worked remotely to research and report findings on how patients are affected by the attitudes and biases of their providers.

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click here to request a complimentary copy of our 2021 Summer Research Report

Senior Anchor/Producer Mo Sharpe talks to Senior  Research Coordinator Mandy Bonesteel about the summer 2021 study

Senior Anchor/Producer Hailey Hough talks to Project Director Bob Kieserman about the summer 2021 study

Senior Anchor/Producer Hailey Hough talks to Lillian Dukes, Senior Research Analyst of the MedFocus Research Summer 2021 Project.

Senior Anchor/Producer Mo Sharpe talks to Emma Nolan, Senior Researcher for the MedFocus Research Summer 2021 Project.

Senior Anchor/Producer Odessa Lewis talks to Christina Schmidt, Senior Researcher for the MedFocus Research Summer 2021 Project.

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The Front Desk Project:
The Educational Series on Staff Development & Patient Relations

Throughout 2021, MedFocus produced a series of video segments to discuss some of the conflicts that occur in a medical office between the front desk and support staff and patients, and how those conflicts can be resolved. To view those segments, click here.

who we are ...

We are concert organizers with a passion to raise money for medical research. Our talented staff handles all aspects of the process from identifying the right headliner, booking the venue, promoting the event, and selling the tickets. We include your medical research organization in our planning sessions, catering the event to your needs and expectations. A portion of the proceeds from the event are then donated directly to your organization.

our talented staff

Max Hann, Director of Advertising and Promotion
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Max Hann has previously worked as a publicist, a video producer, and communications consultant. Max is from Mount Laurel, New Jersey and currently attends Rowan University as a Edelman Scholar and a dual major in Advertising and Radio, Television, and Film. 

Gabriella Schwochert, Associate Producer
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Gabriella Schwochert is an experienced event planner and conference planner and is also available to fully plan meal and dessert events before or after the concert for our clients. She is a student at Ocean County College majoring in hospitality management.

Emily Federico, Director of Public Relations and Social Media
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Emily Federico is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at Florida Atlantic University, with a focus on Hospitality and Marketing. She has a strong passion for event coordination and is a specialist in event marketing. She has special interest in healthcare communications. She is an experienced social media coordinator and enjoys promoting our concerts to our audiences while highlighting the medical advances of our partner charities.

Ava Handler, Associate Producer
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Ava Handler is a student at Northeastern University majoring in music management. She is an talented performer herself and recently spent a semester in Dublin, Ireland. She brings her passion for promoting musical artists and her skills of helping to produce concerts to our organization.

Bob Kieserman, Producer
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Bob Kieserman has been producing entertainment for over 40 years. A performer himself, as a young man, Bob toured the east coast as both a solo performer and as the founder and leader of a 20-person singing group. He has since promoted many concerts and productions and truly enjoys bringing quality entertainment to audiences while also benefiting medical research. Bob spent his career as a professor of healthcare administration and medical ethics and has worked with major hospitals and medical practices throughout the country. 

coming this summer
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Steve & Steve are two 70-something singer-songwriters who have been “keepin’ 60s music alive” since before 60s music was considered “oldies”.

 

Both from northern New Jersey, Steve Messinger ("Mess") and Steve Bernstein ("Bernie") met as students at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA in 1969. It all started one afternoon when Bernie, a freshman, brought his guitar into the lobby of the coed dorm hoping to meet women, when, lo and behold, Mess, a sophomore, walked by, sat down with Bernie and instantly the two started to harmonize on tunes by The Beatles, The Everly Brothers and others. Thus, a legendary act was born.

 

Following their time together at F&M and a 10-year post-college hiatus, Steve & Steve reunited in 1983 to perform at Bernie's 10th year F&M Reunion, which rekindled their passion for performing together.

 

Steve & Steve have been privileged to share concert stages with some of their favorite 60s artists: Chad & Jeremy, The Grass Roots, Jay & The Americans, Herman’s Hermits (with Peter Noone), Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Felix Cavaliere (The Rascals), Micky Dolenz (The Monkeys), The Happenings, Kate Taylor (whose first  60s-era album was produced by her brother, James), Don Dannemann (The Cyrkle), The Fifth Dimension, plus the 70s artist, Badfinger.

 

Despite having performed songs from their ever-expanding 750-song playlist for the past 55 years, Steve & Steve continue to be energized by those harmony-driven 60s songs. A typical Steve & Steve performance will treat the crowd to tunes by Simon & Garfunkel, Neil Diamond, Peter & Gordon, Cat Stevens, The Rolling Stones, James Taylor, Crosby Stills & Nash and, of course, The Beatles and The Everly Brothers. At every show, Steve & Steve delight in performing songs that formed the soundtrack to their lives, and in seeing just how much those same songs, 50+ years later, still resonate with their audiences.

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