by Ken DeRouchie | Sep 29, 2014 | Articles, Dentistry, Featured Dentistry, Issue 04, Newsletter, Practice Areas
In the last issue of Solutions, I discussed the problems with “minimum standards” of infection control and how the dental practice act in California mandated “sterile gloves” for surgical procedures that involve soft tissue or bone. This is a situation that applies to...
by Ken DeRouchie | May 26, 2014 | Articles, Issue 14, Newsletter
Hello and thanks for taking the time to stop by The Practice Solution Magazine. My name is Ken DeRouchie and I am the newly appointed editor of the magazine and this is my first From The Editor article. Ten years ago, in 2002, I helped launch this magazine and bring...
by Ken DeRouchie | May 26, 2014 | Articles, Issue 08, Newsletter, Staff Management
Ensuring Your Office Gets Paid It is the responsibility of the accounts manager to sit down with the patient/client and work out the best financial arrangement within the framework of the policies of your office. Bear in mind that the ideal plan would be one that...
by Ken DeRouchie | May 26, 2014 | Articles, Issue 05, Newsletter, Practice Areas, Veterinary
Veterinary Foundation Offers Grants To Cover Costs Of Care After Hurricanes The American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) is urging veterinarians to apply for grants of up to $2,000 to cover costs incurred by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Eligible applicants are...
by Ken DeRouchie | May 26, 2014 | Articles, Issue 06, Newsletter, Practice Areas, Veterinary
A national surveillance network that uses the medical records of companion animals could help prepare for a wide variety of emerging disease threats to humans and animals, including avian influenza, according to veterinary scientists at Purdue University’s School of...
by Ken DeRouchie | May 26, 2014 | Articles, Issue 09, Newsletter, Practice Areas, Veterinary
AMA Joins AVMA ‘One Health’ Initiative to Strengthen Medicine by Working Together The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) announced today that the American Medical Association (AMA) has adopted a resolution calling for collaboration on a One Health...
by Ken DeRouchie | May 26, 2014 | Articles, Issue 09, Newsletter, Optometry, Practice Areas
World Council of Optometry Awards UV Absorbing Contact Lenses With Global Seal of Acceptance The World Council of Optometry’s (WCO) Global Seal of Acceptance for Ultraviolet Absorbing Contact Lenses was awarded to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. The...
by Ken DeRouchie | May 26, 2014 | Articles, Issue 11, Newsletter, Optometry, Practice Areas
Hearing Loss Study Adds to the Evidence Shahin Yazdani, MD, and his research team evaluated whether patients with ocular pseudoexfoliation syndrome—the most common cause worldwide of the form of glaucoma known as “secondary open angle”—had a higher incidence of...
by Ken DeRouchie | Dec 6, 2013 | Articles, Staff Management
How can you expand if your staff are stressed out? Staff bickering and personality conflicts can be a major source of stress in an office, knowing how to deal with it can be extremely useful. If you let employee situations go on for too long, bad things happen and you...
by Ken DeRouchie | Dec 6, 2013 | Marketing
Cancellations and Broken Appointments. Broken appointments or cancellations are symptoms of other problems. This may be a way that the client is telling you that they are not satisfied with their service received or they have some financial concerns. What can be done...
