See the December 29 post and enter your practice’s goals for 2009. Include a plan by which your will achieve the goals. The best plan wins a $15 gift card from Amazon.
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I may appear to be somewhat of a troglodyte, but I actually have committed myself to learning to love technology. I am the proud owner of a smart phone, have mastered my email, and actually use two different EMRs. So, you see, this qualified me as an expert on EMRs and e-prescribing (wipe that smirk off your [...]
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All right, Dr. Practice Owner, here are more tips to keep you practice’s head above water in these turbulent times:
Share staff. If you have an excess of staff, could they be shared with another office rather than laid off? You get to retain a valued staff member, the staff member keeps their job, and everyone wins.
Enlist [...]
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So now that we are in the spend, spend, spend season, I thought I would round up some more ways to SAVE money in medical practices. The following tips are from the mundane to the grandiose.
Get your printer cartridges refilled, rather than buying new ones. And, hey it’s “green”!
Get free forms. Visit www.entreprenuer.com/formnet. They have forms [...]
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Now that I have vented/ranted/opined on the demise of primary care, let’s move to some survival tips. Following are PookieMD’s two fundamental. most important, and most loathsome rules of survival in primary care medicine.
The money is in the numbers.
Time is money.
Yes, you have to see patients to make money, and given today’s reimbursement you have to [...]
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