The Journal of medical practice management : MPM
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Cost management is a vital and critical process in every practice's survival and must be incorporated into your daily operations with full participation and compliance by each and every one of your staff. Your physicians must have a complete understanding of the components of the cost management process and their contributions to it. Without a detailed planning process in place, you may not be able to meet the financial obligations of your practice and cover your costs. Financial planning and the polices integrated with your strategic vision will allow you to meet your business goals and guarantee survival regardless of the outside pressures and changes coming to the healthcare industry.
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Many medical practice employees have become skeptical of the phrase be a team player and with good reason. Too often the phrase means simply to keep your mouth shut and to go along with what everyone else wants. However, being a team player has real meaning and value, and it doesn't mean that you must knuckle under to pressure. ⋯ It includes a description of the most pervasive, destructive, and selfish team roles that you will want to avoid. It offers a clear description of the difference between a group and a team. Finally, this article includes five fun and effective team-building exercises for you to use in your medical practice to boost morale, improve your effectiveness, and strengthen your medical practice team.
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Improving efficiency and quality in emergency departments is a crucial issue for hospital leaders and depends on changing physician performance. Shortages of residency-trained emergency physicians results in a need for collaborative staffing models and a continued reliance on physicians who trained in other specialties, especially family medicine. Healthcare executives need to identify the unique needs of their institutions, but also be aware of the strengths that family physicians possess in patient-centered care.
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This policy paper investigates whether physician conflicts of interest have an effect on physicians' quality of care and whether implementation of conflict-of-interest policies will ameliorate any negative effects of divergent interests. Some government regulations are discussed in a policymaking perspective. ⋯ One of the most important effects of disclosure is providing patients with the opportunity to make informed decisions regarding their healthcare. Research supports that conflicts of interest are inherent and oftentimes unavoidable in the healthcare setting.
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More than just words and gestures, communication is the basis of all relationships. Therefore, it is important to learn what effective communication is and how best to use it to get your message across. You want the recipient to hear you and know what you mean by what you are saying and to understand your gestures.