Archive for January, 2011
Friday, January 28th, 2011
Promoting your practice to attract new patients is (or should be) part of your ongoing business plan. Advertising in the yellow pages or local newspaper, having an up-to-date and user-friendly website, and offering educational seminars are all good ways to make patients aware of the services you provide. That said, ...
Posted in Marketing Ideas; Patient Relations | No Comments »
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
By Abigail Beckel and Sara Michael
One of the great ironies of being a modern-day physician is that you spend all your time advising patients on how to live healthy, but you work so much that you rarely have time to take your own advice. It's not always easy to ...
Posted in General, Staff Development | 1 Comment »
Friday, January 14th, 2011
Exam rooms probably account for less than half of your total office space, but it’s primarily in those little rooms that income is produced. When improved exam room efficiency allows doctors to see just one or two additional patients each day, that extra revenue falls right to the bottom ...
Posted in Operations; Scheduling, Practice Management | 17 Comments »
Monday, January 10th, 2011
Take a closer look at that next request for patient information
By Keith L. Martin
Andy Stockton's two practices in Omaha, Neb., follow a simple rule: If a patient record is requested, get the patient's permission — even if the request is made by the patient himself. The practice administrator ...
Posted in General, Practice Management | No Comments »
