The goal of The Practice Solution Magazine is to provide practice owners with practice management information that will assist them in achieving success.
Are you as confident in your ability to get a steady flow of new patients into your practice as you are in your ability to provide high quality technical care?
You should know that successful marketing follows a proven technology that, when applied correctly, will get results with the same predictability that you get clinical results on your patients.
In order to function most effectively as a team, agreements must be known and adhered to for smooth, efficient coordination and cooperation. This is also known as “policy.” As long as people know what the rules of the activity are, and those guidelines are clearly presented as being in the best interest of the activity, the policies will be followed, resulting in a smoother operating environment.
Performance evaluation is viewed as a process to ensure a high quality of service to the patients and clients of the practice by fostering personal and professional growth of the staff.
A performance evaluation does not necessarily mean that the employee will be receiving an increase in pay. That is not the purpose for the review and should be addressed as a separate issue at another time. This way the evaluation is not linked to a pay raise.
In my nearly 23 years of delivering practice management training and consulting, I’ve found that of all available marketing techniques, properly asking for referrals is the most effective. There are several reasons for this…
Most doctors, when starting their practices, miss some of the basic actions that should be established prior to opening. An owner of a healthcare practice should always, as a first step, work out the following basics…
The biggest issue practice owners have shared with us since the start of the pandemic has been the inability to hire new staff. Many offices that we’ve spoken to…
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…
The factors that make your practice salable include a good management team, steady profits, patient/client loyalty, a solid reputation, predictable transferability and…
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 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…