31 1/2 Essentials for Running Your Medical Practice

While many books address medical practice management, this book goes beyond textbook theory. Drawing on nearly 50 years of combined experience consulting with and running highly successful private practices, the authors map out practical, turnkey solutions to the harsh realities facing medical, dental, and all healthcare practices, including: tough competition, patient expectations, shrinking reimbursement, litigation, malpractice insurance costs, complex regulations, high rents, soaring utilities, and other challenges. FEATURES: A "fast start" users-guide style: Spend less time reading! Each chapter zeroes in on one success essential, concisely explaining how to identify problems, clear obstacles, make improvements and measure success. Covers every aspect of your practice: No more guesswork! You can get right to work with today's best strategies for everything from choosing an office location and the right staff, to controlling overhead and getting patients to comply with treatment plans. Real-world examples: From mission statements to budgets, you can build your own improvements on the best work already done by other successful practices. Ready-to-use tools: The book includes financial benchmarks, numbers and equations that make it even easier to put the 31 success strategies into action in your practice. Offers 31 "essentials" - concrete solutions that have been tested, refined and proven to make a difference by highly successful practices.

About the Author :
John Guiliana, DPM, MS is the managing partner of a four-doctor podiatry practice in Hackettstown, NJ. He holds a master's degree in healthcare management and is a nationally recognized professional speaker and author on medical practice management. He is a frequent contributor to Podiatry Management, Podiatry Today, and is author of Talking Practice Enhancement, an American Podiatric Medical Association news column. Hal Ornstein, has given over 200 presentations internationally and has written and been interviewed for over 250 articles on topics pertinent for Podiatry Management Magazine. on practice management, patient satisfaction and efficiency in a medical practice. Dr. Ornstein has been in private practice for over 20 years and serves as Medical Director of Affiliated Foot and Ankle Center, LLP with their main office in Howell, NJ.

Review :
"31 1/2 Essentials is just the book to improve your spirits, improve themorale in your office, show you how to generate new patients, and to develop services fthat your existing patients need and, ultimately, to increase your bottom line." Neil Baum, MD, Author of "Marketing Your Clinical Practice, Ethically, Effectively, and Economically "...everything in this book is real world and tested, ti's not just theory. This work is destined to become a classic in the practice management literature." "In my more thatn 40 years of practicing medicine, I have not had a resource as helpful as this one. I suggest that every medical practice leader reads this book -- and put these practical concepts to use."