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Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
May 15th 2024
Exploring practical strategies to address staffing shortages in medical practices and ensure the delivery of quality patient care.
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May 1st 2024
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PAs Should Not Be Used as Scribes
There are multiple problems with a disturbing trend that has seen PAs assigned as EHR scribes. For one, it's a misuse of their talents.
Recruiting Advice for Providers and Practices
Looking to switch jobs or bring on a new provider? A recruiter dishes out advice for providers and practices.
Five Reasons for Medical Practice Staff Development
When it comes to belt-tightening, staff training is usually one of the first places managers look to cut back. Here are five reasons why you shouldn't.
Utilizing a Performance Improvement Plan at Your Practice
Do you have a staff member that is under-performing? Use a performance improvement plan to get them back on track.
Hiring the Best Medical Practice Manager
Finding the right practice manager or administrator is essential to the health of your medical practice.
7 Reasons Why Physicians Work Locum Tenens
Here are seven reasons why Locum Tenens is increasingly becoming an appealing option for physicians.
Four Steps to Run an Effective Practice Meeting
Learn how you and your medical practice staff can get the most out of your meetings and leave feeling a sense of accomplishment and connection.
7 Signs It's Time to Fire Someone at Your Practice
It's a hard call, but sometimes you have to let someone go at your practice. Here are few signs it's time to let go.
Five Steps to Assess New Staff Training, Performance
Understanding where breakdown happens within a training program will help you identify where potential problems reside.
PAs to Play Role in Solving Opioid Epidemic
Physician assistants and nurse practitioners are a vital part in solving the opioid epidemic and will soon have new authority to do so.
The Inbox: Battling Over Scope of Practice
In our recurring blog "Inbox" we share comments from physicians and practice administrators telling us what keeps them awake at night.
How to Handle Staff Wars at Your Practice
Are two of your staffers in a heated fight? Here's how you can resolve the issue and improve office morale.
Strategies to Ensure Buy-In with Practice Policies
Like any successful business, your practice needs to be anchored by clearly defined policies. Here's how to develop consensus among your staff.
8 Ways to Make Your Staff Happy in the Summer
We're in the dog days of summer. Here are a few strategies to help boost employee morale during these long, hot summer months.
The Inbox: Why Can't Docs and PAs Get Along?
Recording Conversations with Patients, Other Parties
Physicians may want to record their patients or other parties. What should they know before they engage in such practices?
Ways to Get Physicians to Embrace the EHR
Looking to get physicians on board with your EHR system? Here are a few tips that one expert says will help get the job done.
Two Steps to Take to Improve Front-Desk Collections
There are two simple steps practices can take to improve front-desk collections from their staff in the age of the high deductible.
Employment Agreements for Advanced Practitioners
How should practices formulate employment agreements for advanced practitioners? Here are a few things to consider.
8 Great Hiring Questions for Medical Staff
Great interview questions go beyond just asking about skill sets and previous job tasks. Here are eight that can single out stellar candidates.
Asset Protection Risk Factors for Docs Include Economy
Among the many risks physicians must proactively protect themselves against is the economy itself.
Effective Practice Meetings Promote Input, Productivity
Don't just hold a meeting with your staff members for the sake of holding a meeting. Here are tips to make sure the meetings are productive.
Standards Matter: PAs and Certification Maintenance
Testing is more than an objective measure of knowledge. Certification tests are also valuable learning tools that are more effective than study alone.
Higher Volume for NPs, PAs Helps Practices
By empaneling advanced practitioners, practices can double the size of their patient panel and extend their hours and days.
The Role Administrators Play in Practice Collaboration
How can administrators bring together physicians, advanced practitioners, and nurses, and create a culture of collaboration?
When It Comes to Managing Staff, Be Golden
Agile leadership means finding out what's important to your staff members, then using that unique knowledge to conquer problems and encourage excellence.
When Doctors Have to See Other Doctors
Dr. Melissa Young talks about the moral dilemma that doctors face when they have to receive care, perhaps from someone they know.
5 Reasons to Practice Telehealth
Physicians who are skeptical of telehealth, here are five reasons that you should try out the technology and give it a chance.
The Inbox: Are NPs and PAs Usurping Practice Authority?
This Battle over Advanced Nurses Feels Familiar to Me
The VA's recent proposal to expand the scope of practice for advanced practice registered nurses has sparked a debate that's been brewing for a while.