Have you ever met a “know best?” This is someone who thinks they know everything already and that there is nothing more they can learn or need to know. Infuriating, right? Their mind is so tightly closed that they are functioning in their own little world and shutting out the rest of life. This […]
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Do you wish you were more fully booked? Do you have holes in your schedule? Do you ever have times of the year that are “softer” than others? Do you wish you were booked out solid for the next week or three? Many practitioners pine for more tightly scheduled days since you are paying one
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One of the biggest time wasters for the staff of many practices is all the insurance issues that have to be dealt with in a day. Although less than 50% of the population has insurance coverage, it seems like a much higher percentage than that just due to the time needed to handle the associated
Where are those new patients you so wish would call in or walk into your practice? There are usually many thousands of potential public who need to know that you are THERE and available. Ever had someone walk in your front door and ask if you just moved in when in fact you’ve been there
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Just as with staff, there are probably 50 shades of grey between “super awesome boss” and “replace please.” I was going to call this article “Good Staff, Bad Staff” but in thinking my way through it, I realized that it is the executive (owner) of the practice who is going to set the bar on
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During our 3 decades of consulting healthcare practices, we have encountered and helped practices that have gotten stuck in a comfort zone … “we’ve always done it this way.” Sometimes it is like being in a time warp as the rest of the world has made excellent advancements in technology and ways to improve service
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In this world of high tech communication systems, the human skill of communicating effectively with another human being is still the most valuable. As we all know, there are two sides to effectively communicating: listening and talking. Both of them are key to achieving a full understanding between two people, whether in a personal setting
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Have you ever felt for a day or a week (or months or years) like throwing in the towel, ending the business, walking away, closing it down or selling it and starting something new entirely? Guess what? You’re not alone! Almost anybody has had a day or two or more when they felt like that.
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You have probably read articles (and perhaps with some disbelief) that what is happening to you here and now has something to do with your own thoughts and decisions. Have you ever had a thought or made a decision (alone or with someone else) and had it come true, exactly as you wanted? Wouldn’t it
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Some days, it seems like you have to be an absolute genius to run an efficient and profitable practice. The question is, if you were not born that way, how can you achieve the status of genius? I discovered the following list which was written by a management expert and I thought I would pass
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Most healthcare professionals who are running a practice feel that they are doing all they can do and that there is nothing further that can be done that will make a difference. We talk to about 30 people a day on cold calls and many of them say “I’m doing fine” or “I’m happy the
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I’m sure this has never happened to you or your team, but sometimes patients or clients have the nerve to cancel their appointments or fail to show up at all!!! And sometimes doctors and staff find this frustrating and annoying. Can you imagine?! That was an attempt at light humour on a subject that all
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