These days, this is considered Extreme Leadership: If the team is failing, the leader is failing. As one watches support dwindle, you begin to cover down. To cover down means to taking on the duties of your fallen teammates. In medicine, our medical assistants assist the physician in multiple tasks. Prior authorizations, durable medical equipment,Continue reading “Lessons From Covering Down”
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Right Sizing Your Practice
What should be a simple question of ‘how many patients can a physician safely have on their panel?’ can be exceptionally complex to answer. Classically, practices do this retrospectively after a year or so of practice. Panel Size = Clinic visit capacity / utilization rate Clinic Visit Capacity = Daily visits x days in clinicContinue reading “Right Sizing Your Practice”
Articles on Burnout : Thoughts
Recent articles in the November/December 2019 journals including Annals of Family Practice (4 articles) and Family Practice Management (2 articles) address issues concerning burnout. Burnout is still an issue that is poorly understood, not well defined, and overwhelmingly prevalent. Burnout is like love, you know it when you feel it. Unlike love, burnout is notContinue reading “Articles on Burnout : Thoughts”
Spartans, what is your profession?
The profession of medicine is one of empathy, compassion, applied science, and skill. For many, the practice of medicine has devolved to a daily struggle against vast armies of insurances, barbaric electronic medical records, and administration that fancies themselves gods. The vast armies of insurance – During my first 6 months of private practice, insuranceContinue reading “Spartans, what is your profession?”
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