March 31st 2025
Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
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Weighing Employee Benefits for Medical Practice Staff
I know money isn't everything …but I also want to provide for my staff what I can for them.
Proper Introductions at Your Practice Are Critical to Patient Relations
In the medical world, the way you introduce yourself and others can make or break your relationships - with patients, their families, and your colleagues.
Addressing Sexual Harassment at Your Medical Practice
Sexual harassment happens every day in the workplace and physician practices are not immune. Here are some tips to handle such situations.
Employing Your Spouse at Your Medical Practice
Having your soul mate at the office is great, but beware of bringing personal issues into your practice.
Health IT Support at Your Medical Practice: Hire or Train?
Properly using technology at your practice is critical, as is determining who will help you use it effectively.
Managing Staffing Costs at Your Medical Practice
Work flow, technology, and shaking up traditional job duties can all affect staffing needs
'Managing Up' a Critical Part of Practice Management
Here's how to work with your physicians to deliver the best possible outcome for your practice, yourself, and your boss.
Monitoring Revenue Cycle Management at Your Medical Practice
You've purchased the technology needed to keep tabs on your practice's operations. Now make sure you're looking at the right reports.
Planning for ICD-10 Conversion
Here's how your medical practice should build a plan for the looming transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 in 2014.
Managing Difficult Medical Practice Employees
Tips for transforming immature staff members into great employees
Can That Applicant Do the Job at Your Medical Practice?
Tips for testing job skills - before you hire.
Does Your Practice Provide Culturally Competent Care?
If like many communities, yours has significant numbers of non-English speaking people with whom neither you nor your staff are able to converse, your practice is at a serious disadvantage.
How Should Your Medical Practice Handle an Impaired Physician?
Waiting until the impaired physician is arrested, a patient is injured, or the reputation of the practice is irreparably affected is not an option.
Physician Assistants Play Key Role in Access to Healthcare
By emphasizing a team-oriented approach to healthcare and using PAs, we increase access to care for our patients.
7 Ways to Mentor Staff
Mentoring might be one of the least costly ways to cultivate professional development of your staff
Hiring Your Next Medical Practice Administrator
A step-by-step guide to finding the right person for your practice
Increasing Medical Practice Referrals
9 steps to creating and preserving your patient pipeline
Managing Difficult Change at Your Medical Practice
Change can be great - when handled correctly. Here's how to stay on-point.
Sharing Patient Feedback with Your Staff
Make the most of patient complaints and compliments by communicating carefully with your team
Make the Most of Your Medical Practice Staff
Laurie Baedke, president and founder of Lifeworks Healthcare Group, provides tips and advice for creating a high performance culture at your medical practice.
Using Job Descriptions to Improve Medical Staff Performance
Creating well-written job descriptions for all of your practice's positions is a must-do for your practice.
Are Your Staff in the Right Roles?
Your practice’s biggest expense-and best asset-is your staff. Here’s how to ensure you’ve got the right staff in the right roles working as efficiently as possible.
Poll of the Week - Are Holiday Bonuses Back?
Which best describes the forecast for holiday bonuses at your medical practice this year?
How to Manage Disruptive Physicians
Two case studies of disruptive physicians: One physician ends up in despair, the other ends up a great contributor to the practice. Find out what makes the difference.
Secrets to A Successful Practice
Good practices have processes to support their people, technology to make the job easier, and governance to hold it all together.
Medical Practice Creative Work Schedules
Here's how to rethink the work day to find the balance you need with the rest of your life as a physician.
Health Literacy: A Life-Threatening Communication Gap
Health literacy is the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services. How many of your patients truly have a handle on their own healthcare needs?
Concierge Medicine: Doing It Right Can Boost Practice Income
When developing a concierge approach for your medical practice, there are six things I recommend doing first.
Stopping Gossip at Your Medical Practice
A 4-step guide to help your office: "Stop Talking About Trash ― STAT"
Successfully Leading Change at Your Practice
Cory Sevin discusses the main characteristics of a change agent, key steps to take in leading change at a practice, and how to mitigate any adverse reaction to shifts in your office.