The Journal of medical practice management : MPM
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Staff meetings are a wonderful practice management tool, if they are well-planned and well-run. This article offers practical advice for planning and running productive staff meetings. It suggests calculating the actual cost of staff meetings and provides a formula for doing so. ⋯ It offers relevant advice for preparing and circulating a meeting agenda and minutes. It describes how to chair a meeting and suggests when to call meetings and when not to. Finally, this article establishes reasonable meeting expectations and provides a self-quiz to help you measure the effectiveness of your own staff meetings.
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The second of a three-part series examining the physician's Employment Contract, this article describes critical areas of operational due diligence and fundamental elements in the negotiation process. The initial article addressed the critical importance of value and cultural compatibility in group settings, plus financial due diligence details. The final piece will deal exclusively with the terms of the Employment Contract.