With the growth of a practice or clinic, you as the practice owner may begin to experience a loss of control and a feeling of being run off your feet. Sometimes a trapped feeling ensues and there can seem to be no time to manage. Often it seems that the financial return takes a turn
Like you, your staff often have hidden talents that could be an asset to the practice in unexpected ways. These don’t always show up in initial interviews or even every day on the job. For instance, they may be great at interior design, have a green thumb for the plants of the practice, be a
Times change and so must we on this one. The traditional way of scheduling patients or clients for their bi-annual or annual check-up was to send a card telling them it was time for them to call in and made an appointment. A very loosey goosey method with a lot of lost business. Then came
All practices have to pay attention to making enough money to keep everyone paid and hopefully enough profit to make it worthwhile having a business. And being the owner of a practice, you need to pay attention to your statistics as they tell you how you did and how you are going to do in
Attracting new people to your practice for most practice owners is a top of mind subject. If you are not as fully booked as you want, you should be thinking about marketing. If you are too fully booked, you may be thinking about getting an associate and then marketing to fill up their schedule. Never,
First, a cute story: A friend of mine told her 3 year old granddaughter, “Olivia, you have your shoes on the wrong feet.” Olivia, looked down at her feet and in a worried voice replied, “But Nana, they’re the only feet I have.” Did that make you smile? Me too. Read on and you’ll see
Many healthcare professionals are so relieved when they complete their professional training and are so sure that they now know what they need to know. They are bursting to get into practice and start applying their newfound skills. And that is just perfect and right. For a while. However, if you stop there and do
Some days you might feel like throwing in the towel. Walking away from it all might seem like an option. “Just waiting for one more thing to go wrong, and then that’s it, I’m outta here!” Hmmm … First of all, don’t think that you are the only one who has ever had those thoughts.
As the owner of a healthcare practice, you wear a dizzying number of “hats” (functions) and sometimes you may feel a bit bounced around and stressed by the end of your workday. Your main duties as the CEO of your practice (besides being the healthcare provider) are: leader, boss, coach, manager and executive. Here are
Have you ever been “busy” all day, but didn’t achieve your goals? You were probably distracted. Ever wonder why you feel frustrated at work? Distractions might be stopping you. Ever feel stressed? Distractions may be slowing you down. Distractions are not just irritating, they are destructive forces that ruin your productivity. Examples: supplies that ran
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