Author: Krista Wolfe
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Celebrating birthdays in the office the right way
Office birthdays can be tricky to master. It’s someone’s special day and you want to celebrate, but how do you celebrate a birthday in the office on top of everything else? Thankfully, there is an option for every type of office!
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What your intern wishes you knew about managing them
Interns are a great addition to many businesses. Knowing what interns think of you and your organization will put you in better stead to extract value from them beyond their ability to do menial tasks.
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Balancing work and family: the daddy shuffle
Many fathers struggle with maintaining work-life balance and being there for their kids’ important events. Pick up tips for creating a satisfying work and home life.
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How to keep patient data secure
Chances are that your practice has already devoted a lot of time and energy into ensuring HIPAA compliance and protecting your patients’ information. There are checklists galore covering the handling of paper records and even governing what information can and cannot be discussed in non-secure emails and on social media. But data security is not […]
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Common reasons why patients look for a new doctor
You can devote a huge amount of time and resources to marketing your practice, but if you aren’t keeping the patients you’ve got, it all goes down the drain. Most of the time, when a patient jumps ship, you never get an explanation, but the real reason may not be so far under the surface, […]
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Why you should not Google your patients
Do you Google your patients? In our world of instant information, the urge to look something up online is natural. With the ubiquity of smartphones and tablets, “Just Google it!” is the instant response to almost any query. It’s wonderfully convenient when you’re wondering what year the Tower of Pisa began to lean or how […]
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How to keep kids germ free
Kids. Germs. Kids and germs. Sadly, they just seem to go together. It’s a perennial problem. Daycares and schools can incubate infections as effectively as any petri dish, and most parents expect an onslaught of sniffles on schedule several times a year. While it’s a big ask to keep the little ones totally germ free […]
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How do you practice common courtesy at work?
We all know what kindness and courtesy mean, but we each have a unique set of ways we practice it. Some of these habits come naturally, but others take practice and mindfulness. Which ones do you make an effort to practice frequently?
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Can medical apps hurt your medical practice?
Ever since the advent of the Internet, patients have been turning to it for health information. This has been a mixed blessing for medical professionals. On one hand, an educated patient is an engaged patient and that leads to better health outcomes. On the other hand, the information available online can be unreliable, and sometimes […]
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How to close your medical practice
There are many reasons for closing a practice. Some are positive-such as the reward of a happy retirement-and others may be painful-such as the repercussions of a large lawsuit. No matter what lies behind the decision to close, the fact remains that this is a time of intense transition for you, your staff and your […]
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3 signs that your medical practice is losing business
Patients today are more mobile, with more choices, than at any other time in history. On the whole, this is a positive thing: people are more engaged in their own care, more educated about their options, and more invested in obtaining the best possible outcomes for themselves and their families. The flip side is that […]
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5 medical practice management mistakes
Medical practice management can be a uniquely challenging job. The pace is blisteringly fast, the days are long, the patients are demanding, and the tasks are constantly changing. Sometimes knowing what not to do is as important and difficult as knowing what you should do. Nobody is perfect, but if you want to support your […]