Once you have seen your patients and managed your money, you’re then faced with the monthly meeting. For most practices, this includes a review of the financials. Unless you have an accounting degree, the spreadsheets often provide little truly actionable information. We must change this! Sadly, most of us spend a great deal of time reviewing productivity reports. When the … [Read more...] about Bugs in the Spreadsheet?
Luck Isn’t a Business Plan
Luck Luck isn’t a business plan. Yet vital aspects of business are left to chance on a daily basis. This is sheer madness. Leaving the business plan to chance occurs in all fields, but seems to happen especially often medicine. This is most obvious when a new procedure becomes available. But even more importantly, how are you managing your existing services? Most of us … [Read more...] about Luck Isn’t a Business Plan
Optimizing Clinic Flow: We Need Margins
The Effects of Stress We are stressed as individual physicians and individual staff members. Our patients are under multiple stressors too. Virtually every practice faces some grim realities. If we don’t gain control we will slowly be driven out of business, into early retirement, or face the consequences of true burnout. Every aspect of medicine is under tremendous … [Read more...] about Optimizing Clinic Flow: We Need Margins
Using Research to Engage Patients
Traditional Engagement for Research Traditionally, basic science research and clinical research have been performed in the university setting. Pharmaceutical and device trials are frequently performed in both the university and private practice settings. The approach to patient engagement as it pertains to research was typically directed towards patient recruitment … [Read more...] about Using Research to Engage Patients
Real Engagement: Love Your Patients
Liking Patients Dr. JS likes his patients – Fantastic! It is wonderful when we like our patients. Dealing with people you like makes the day much more enjoyable. It is certainly easier to go the extra mile for someone you like. It is even easier when the patients like you too. This usually results in a pleasant visit. In these instances, the patient will often ask … [Read more...] about Real Engagement: Love Your Patients