Knowing how to monitor and measure productivity objectively is the underlying secret of success for any practice or business. No doctor would decide on a treatment plan without properly examining a patient and performing whatever tests are necessary to determine the...
Ken DeRouchie
Practice Marketing: Internal and External
There are two channels or vectors for marketing your practice. The first is internal, the second is external. Internal deals with dissemination and promotion within your practice and to already-established patients or clients. External deals with locating and reaching...
Office Manager Purpose
The Office Manager is a key staff member in any private practice. A well-trained, positive and experienced Office Manager is worth his or her weight in gold. If your practice is not prospering, if the doctor finds they are having to cover jobs in addition to their...
Putting New Employees on the Job
Practice owners bring on new employees for a variety of reasons. Often, when practices are undergoing expansion of production and income, they require increased staffing. Or, due to poor past hiring procedures practice owners find that they have to replace some...
Tips for Hiring People During the Pandemic
Over the past several months, our research team has conducted many interviews with practice owners across the country regarding “the difficulties of hiring during the”, “Tips on hiring” and “Keeping staff happy”. The information below is a culmination of the data...
How to Guarantee a Satisfactory Retirement Fund
It is never too early in your career to start funding your retirement. You may only be one day out of school, but you should be thinking about and planning out a retirement fund. We have found from our surveys that an ongoing decline of interest in practice ownership...
10 Steps You Must Do Before Selling Your Practice
If you are a practice owner, you should know that, in most cases, getting in is easier than getting out. That is, exiting a practice is often more difficult than building it. Exiting is a process, not an event, that should be planned far in advance of the day you turn...
How To Keep Your Team On-Task Over The Holidays
The holiday season is here, and with it comes every distraction that could push your employees off-task. Candy, costumes, decorations, vacation...the list is endless. In this article, we’ll share the steps you should take to motivate & manage your team throughout...
5 Biggest Mistakes Practice Owners & Managers Make In Handling Employees Over The Holidays
The holidays can be a fun and festive time in your practice, but they also bring a few HR headaches to watch out for. Here are the most common mistakes to avoid this holiday season! Mistake #1 - No Written Time Off Policy Having written policy that provides the...
What is Your Responsibility to Your Staff?
Just as your staff has responsibilities to you and your practice, you likewise have several responsibilities to your practice and staff. The complexity of active leadership can be best understood by breaking it down into its essential and integral parts: 1....