Practice Management
Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing - Warren Bennis
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Why Are Doctors’ Offices So Badly Run?
A few years ago, Katherine White was feeling burned out. The Massachusetts dermatologist runs a private practice at which she oversees a nurse, two medical assistants, two receptionists, and an esthetician. Dr. White’s practice sees about 40 patients per day, which means that she’s on a tight schedule that often has her rushing from one patient to the next.
But her staff used to bother her constantly with questions—about billing, about lab reports, about pharmacy refills—and White always felt compelled to stop and fix the problem. “I was sort of micromanaging everything,” she says. “I was so busy that I couldn’t really fulfill all those roles and had kind of buttoned into a role—which…
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How to Get Patients to Take More Control of Their Medical Decisions
For years, people have been urged be more active in their own care. Now providers are giving them better tools to make that happen.
Doctors Wasting Over Two-Thirds Of Their Time Doing Paperwork
If medical school curricula were based on what a recent study says many doctors actually do with their time, more than half of medical school would be on how to do paperwork.
Reviving House Calls by Doctors
In a world where many doctors struggle to make money seeing four patients an hour, how can they run a successful practice driving to patients’ homes and spending all the time their patients need?
The One Thing That Can Make or Break A Doctor’s Practice
In today’s digital world, a doctor’s online reputation is as crucial as ever. The biggest mistake most doctors make is not having an effective, proven and results-oriented online reputation management strategy in place for their practice.
The Patients vs. Paperwork Problem for Doctors
Every doctor I know has been complaining about the growing burden of electronic busywork generated by the E.M.R., the electronic medical record. And it’s not just in our imaginations.
What Doctors Are Doing About Bad Reviews Online
Reputation-management firms help physicians undo the damage done by critical feedback.
Why Are Doctors’ Offices So Badly Run?
Seven years of medical school doesn’t prepare you to run a business.
Top 6 practice management challenges facing physicians...
If you feel like you’re glued to your computer or tablet for much of the day, it’s not your imagination. Many physicians say mounting paperwork is keeping them from spending enough time with patients.
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