In 2011, an attending at a hospital ordered a prescription for a PEG tube replacement. Just as the resident was about to enter the prescription into the Computerized Physician Order Entry System (CPOE), she received a text message from a friend. On day four, the patient suddenly required an emergency open-heart surgery. The resident had Read more…
Physicians
Patient Satisfaction: The Most Significant Factor in Ensuring Practice Growth
As the healthcare ecosystem continues to change for the better, patient satisfaction has become more important than ever. Not only are patients now more involved in their healthcare decisions, but they also find themselves at greater financial risks associated with care. They are more likely to compare practices in terms of healthcare services, which means Read more…
Sustaining the Survival Value of Independent Practices
Small and independent practices are struggling hard to maintain survival, despite offering better, cost-effective, and personalized care to the patients. Small Independent Practices (SIPs) are always struggling to maintain their survival value. Their concerns range from low reimbursement rates to exclusion from networking. This is mainly why SIPs are disappearing at a startling rate, chiefly Read more…
6 Strategies to Optimize Your Waiting Room Experience
What’s the worst part of going to the doctor? Waiting. Sitting in an uncomfortable chair in a boring, sterile room, next to someone watching a loud video on their smartphone for an hour before you get to your appointment is not the best experience. You can’t help but wonder: how many of the other people Read more…
Why Having Your Own Private Practice Blog is Important
The schedule of a private practice owner is incredibly hectic. You’re dealing with billing, finances, employees and struggling to even find the time to see patients. You might be wondering, then, why you should find the time to start your own blog? The last thing you want to do with such a tightly packed schedule Read more…
The Most Popular Websites for Patient Reviews
Finding the perfect doctor for your needs can be a long and arduous process. A patient-physician relationship is a delicate and extremely private one; it takes a great deal of time and trust to build. Naturally then, most patients prefer to do their own extensive research before taking the first step and booking an appointment. Read more…
5 Reasons Advance Care Plans are Better For Patients
End of life discussions with patients can be incredibly difficult for physicians. Some view it as a failure; the care they provided was not enough to save the patient’s life, not considering factor such as the illness, condition or patient age. For others having these discussions is simply too uncomfortable to stomach. These conversations are Read more…
3 Reasons your Mental Health Practice is Struggling to Collect Patient Payments
The healthcare industry is locked in a never-ending struggle with collecting payments. The burden placed on patients is growing, with rising insurance deductibles and premiums increasing the difficulty faced by patients to actually make their payments. According to a recent report by the Kaiser Family Foundation, nearly half of all insured adults in the US Read more…
How Value Based Care Increase the Care Quality
Value-based healthcare is a care delivery model where providers are paid based on patient health outcomes. It is designed to improve the quality of care patients receive by incentivizing providers to do focus on delivering high-quality care rather than serving the highest possible quantity of patients. This is achieved by making a few changes to Read more…
7 Tips for Young Physicians with Student Loan Debt
Medicine is not an easy field to get into. Medical school is tough, and the student loan debt accrued through attending can be an even greater challenge to overcome. For young physicians, at the start of their careers, the going can be tough. The pay isn’t always great for fresh graduates and the looming specter Read more…