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One of the biggest decisions your practice will make is the choice of Practice Management Systems. It will be an expensive decision as well. Like all technology, Practice Management systems cannot just be plugged ion and magically perform. Training, work-flow, set-up options,... Read More

When considering which positioning aid or devices are best suited to a patient’s needs, doctors and radiologists can choose from a wide range to enable correct patient positioning for accurate diagnostic imaging. Radiology positioning devices are available in disposable foam or... Read More

An email from a vendor came the other day saying that their tools were designed to make conversion to ICD 10 easier.  So my interest peaked until the reality sunk in that it was really just a sales ploy. The reality is that conversion to ICD 10 is complex and requires months of... Read More

Are you too busy to take a hard look at your operations to be able to make the changes needed to make the impact your practice needs to be really financially and operationally robust?  Are you putting off inevitable decisions because daily routines do not give you the thinking... Read More

While this may seem to be a no brainer; too many times, employees are left to their own devices in completing their daily assigned tasks.  We hire people because we have a need; training gets cut short as the daily routine of the practice pace leaves little room for proper... Read More

Developing employees’ skills and abilities, not only improves their work performance, but will simultaneously increase their job satisfaction. Developing is the third stage of the Performance Management Cycle. Stage 3 focuses on building an employee’s skill set and/or amending... Read More

Over the past several years, hospitals, physicians and other providers have been spending billions of dollars nationally to install electronic medical records and other information technologies. The EMRs, which also can be shared online through secure networks, help to reduce... Read More

The far reaching implications of your practice not being aware of and in tune with an aggressive compliance program can be well documented by the number of practices that have fallen prey to simply ignoring the obvious. Compliance programs are mandatory.  They must include... Read More

Competition and quality. Both of these words define key elements that management personnel within the medical industry must remain focused on in order to be successful. Management teams are responsible for identifying and considering all stakeholders, whether primary or... Read More

Over the past few years many have transitioned into an EHR/EMR from a paper chart.  Many have succeeded and a few others have not. What is the difference? What makes one physician group more successful then another? Let’s take a look of some of the habits of those that have... Read More