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Where do your new patients come from?
Jill Nesbitt Oral & Dental HealthcareOne of the major factors in how your practice performs financially is how many new patients come through your doors. For many dentists, this is the most important measure in the practice.
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Cybersecurity: How to navigate threats in your healthcare organization
Maria Frisch Healthcare AdministrationThe network is down. Someone from accounting just spammed the entire practice. An outsider gains access to protected health information within electronic health records. Someone erases critical operational data.
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5 must-track metrics for practice profitability
Sasha Viasasha Healthcare AdministrationCollecting data is essential for analyzing practice revenue and determining what changes can be made to increase profitability. The secret is to collect the right data to successfully determine what needs to be changed to increase total profit.
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Using an employee file to improve your dental practice
Jill Nesbitt Oral & Dental HealthcareWhat if I told you there was an easy way to cut the staff drama, more consistently enforce office policy and have your team solve their own problems? An employee file serves all these purposes.
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7 mistakes to avoid when choosing your practice’s advisors — Part…
David B. Mandell, JD, MBA, and Jason M. O'Dell, MS, CWM Healthcare AdministrationIn our many years as professionals, we have seen many medical practice clients make mistakes when choosing and working with their business advisors. From this experience, we have created a list of seven pitfalls to avoid, and we will describe the first four in this article and the last three in part two of the article.
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Impressive new smartphone apps in health and medicine
Rosemary Sparacio Medical & Allied HealthcareSmartphones are just about everywhere. In the U.S. alone, more than 91 million Americans now use a smartphone. Of course, these devices are much more than just a phone. The fact that there are apps for many areas in personal health and medicine is a logical step to help individuals take better care of themselves and for researchers to find ways for individuals and physicians to do just that.
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Reactions mixed to CMS decision to release payment data
Pamela Lewis Dolan Healthcare AdministrationFor the first time since Jimmy Carter was president, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has posted physician fee-for-service payment data to its website for public review and analysis. While researchers and number crunchers applaud the move, some in organized medicine are issuing warnings that the data should be used with caution as it can be misleading when taken out of context.
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3-D printing and its impact on the medical implant industry
Hannah Whiteoak Manufacturing​3-D printing is the process of manufacturing objects by building them up layer by layer. As this new technology develops, it is finding an ever-greater range of applications in a variety of fields. One area where 3-D printing could truly change lives is in the manufacturing of medical implants.
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Overcoming communication challenges of EHRs
Jessica Taylor Healthcare AdministrationThe transition to electronic health records can bring some concerns for healthcare providers, including workflow, training, privacy and security. But one of the most important issues is communication, and many clinicians are concerned that using a computer with a patient will hinder communication.
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ICD-10: Fact or fiction
Charlotte Bohnett Healthcare Administration​As with any major change, the rumor mill churns at a mighty pace. With all the hearsay, telephone games and disbursement of misinformation, it's easy for the myths to swallow the truth. No worries, though; we're here to sort the fact from the fiction when it comes to the latest information on ICD-10.
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