Archive for the ‘Practice Management’ Category
Monday, March 1st, 2010
You may not think about practice safety on a daily basis, given everything else that you have to do to keep the office working smoothly. But on the day that a patient trips and falls in your waiting room, an employee gets a needle stick, or you find evidence that ...
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
The economy is reportedly beginning to turn around, albeit slowly, which is good news. But we’re not out of the woods yet and your practice may be feeling the pinch as patients struggle to pay you. Certainly, they value your services and want to keep their accounts current, but buying ...
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
Now that 2010 is in full swing, you’ve hopefully settled on several meaningful goals for your practice for this year. Perhaps you have plans to write and implement a new marketing plan, improve collections by a specific percentage, cross-train employees, or convert to an electronic medical records system. Now the ...
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Before coming to Medical Arts Press, I managed a team of seven people in a high-paced environment. We were face to face with customers ten hours a day, and were dependent on each other to keep the branch running smoothly. And the days my team got along – those were ...
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
Staff meetings are important to any practice. It's your time to get the staff together to discuss new changes or important matters within the practice. But let’s face it – while these meetings are necessary, they can often be mind-numbing and unproductive. And, if there's no clear-cut agenda, they can ...
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
Have you ever Googled your practice? If you haven’t, you should. The Dieringer Research Group released a study that revealed 40 percent of Internet users in the US changed their opinions of brands due to information they gathered online.
Knowing this statistic, it's time to take action. First, if you have ...
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