Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
The concept of the morning huddle has been around in medical and dental office circles for years. Practices that engage in this daily ritual, which is essentially a short, standup staff meeting with a focused agenda, say that it improves office function on a daily basis and boosts morale. If ...
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Everyone knows that taking steps to retain existing patients is more cost-effective than engaging in marketing activities to attract new ones. Once you have loyal patients in your practice, to keep them, you typically need only to meet their expectation of delivering quality care and providing efficient, friendly service. Sounds ...
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Monday, January 9th, 2012
Every so often, a study comes out detailing how much time people who work in offices waste looking for papers, files and other essentials. Some reports have tagged the figure at as much as an hour a day. The problem appears to be two-fold: poor or non-existent systems for keeping ...
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
The beginning of a new year naturally feels like a fresh start, when all things seem possible. It’s tempting to get caught up in the excitement and make long lists of tasks and goals to accomplish, only to find enthusiasm waning (or completely gone) by the end of January. One ...
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Thursday, December 29th, 2011
The delay is at the request of the Washington D.C. federal court, due to the court currently hearing a legal challenge regarding the rule. Challenges such as this one are not unusual regarding new federal posting requirements. The NLRB states that postponing the effective date will facilitate the resolution of ...
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Thursday, December 15th, 2011
The American Medical Association (AMA), at its November 15, 2011, House of Delegates meeting, voted to "work vigorously to stop implementation of ICD-10." The AMA contends that ICD-10 (scheduled to go into effect on October 1, 2013, and impact virtually every physician and healthcare organization in the country) will not ...
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