March 10th 2025
Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
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February 17th 2025
2025 Staffing & Salary Survey: The problem with finding qualified personnel
The 2025 Staff Salary Survey reveals the ongoing struggle practices have to maintain adequate staffing levels.
Practice tip of the week: Improving virtual bedside manner
Practice tip of the week: Firing employees
Practice tip of the week: Retaining great physicians
Empowering the health care workforce with connected data
Empowering the healthcare workforce is critical to not only improving employee retention and wellbeing, but also to delivering safer patient care.
Navigating the staffing shortage strain: Solutions for a sustainable future
The relentless workload and extended hours place significant strain on nurses’ resilience, disrupting their work-life balance and making self-care increasingly elusive.
Messy moments: Unconscious racial bias
Practice tip of the week: Managing practice staff
Resolving the employee shortage in medical practices
Exploring practical strategies to address staffing shortages in medical practices and ensure the delivery of quality patient care.
10 Best states for nurses 2024
Which states are the best to be a nurse in this year?
10 Worst states for nurses 2024
Which states are the worst to be a nurse in this year?
Putting fun in the practice: Hire for attitude, train for skills
Health care could use some hiring tips from Southwest Airlines.
Navigating employees’ charged behavior in the health care workplace
Health care employers have the obligation to protect their employees and their patients, while also complying with applicable state and federal laws.
My new secret weapon for learning from my customers
This is the first product the author has seen that combines both quantitative and qualitative feedback from patients.
Combating the rise of workplace violence in healthcare
It's imperative for healthcare leaders to scrutinize their current workplace violence prevention processes and establish policies that ensure safe and supportive employment environments.
8 Strategies for improving employee loyalty and commitment
Creating a culture of employee loyalty and commitment is one of the most important contributors to successful medical practice management.
Healthcare staffing and reimbursement challenges: Automation and AI are here to help
Growing demand for ASCs presents both opportunities and challenges, especially in terms of revenue cycle management and workforce.
7 Things physicians say will improve their workplace well-being
A recent study confirmed burnout remains a problem for health care. These are interventions that doctors say would help.
5 Tips for negotiating the best physician employment contract
There are simple tools that can help us achieve the best employment contract.
Keeping healthcare workers safe
Violence against health care workers has almost become a routine, if frightening, aspect of their jobs.
Optimizing your practice to solve staffing problems
To thrive in 2024 and beyond, organizations need to devise ways to continue delivering exceptional care without placing more stress on their workforce.
Recruiting the difficult-to-hire physician
Health care organizations must adopt a proactive and personalized approach to making physicians feel heard, valued, and interested.
5 Tips to retain great physicians
Hospitals and health care organizations don’t do enough to keep physicians. A new book discusses how to change that.
When the boomerang employee tries to return
You know you should have a plan for when an employee leaves; but what if they want to return?
Practice tip of the week: Evaluating a practice manager or administrator
Combatting employee turnover at your practice
Staff members are looking for autonomy and fair pay.
Retaining staff takes more than money
Training, tailored benefits and paths for career advancement help build loyalty and reduce employee attrition
Coding skills and physicians
Coding skills do not inherently equate to clinical competence, and vice versa, but both are necessary.
Giving your practice a checkup: Motivating your staff
The importance of motivating employees by providing measurable and written goals through a concise, effective mission statement and policy manual.
Outsourcing the revenue cycle isn’t right for everyone
Outsourcing the billing process has become popular but it isn’t the right choice for every practice.