Managing the medical mindshift: employee motivation

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

“My staff are lucky to work here”, or: “The salary is motivation enough” are mindsets that many practice owners still have internalised today. However, in view of the limited availability of staff and the changed requirements of medical assistants, GPs and specialists urgently need to correct this attitude.

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Mastering the medical mindshift: Active management of time instead of unplanned time wasting

Facts and Figures from the German Health Care System

What it’s all about

No complaint is as widespread in doctor circles as the one about lack of time. But apart from situations of dramatic understaffing, it would be obsolete if practice owners and their staff managed their use of time professionally.

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Managing the medical mindshift: From actionism to entrepreneurial practice management

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

If one analyses the success of the various practice management strategies in general practitioners’ and specialists’ practices with the help of company comparisons, it becomes apparent that the approach of entrepreneurial practice management produces the best qualitative and quantitative results.

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Mastering the medical mindshift: from gut feeling to fact-based practice management assessment

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

Studies of the quality of management in GP and specialist practices show substantial opportunities for change for a large part of the businesses, which could lead to sustainable improvements in patient care, but also in working conditions and entrepreneurial performance. The fact that this potential remains unused is primarily due to far too little analysis activity.

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Mastering the medical mindshift: From passive to active management of doctors’ working time

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it is all about

Many doctors have been complaining for a long time about the strain on their time. External pressures are identified as the causes, but solutions are not seen. Yet a remedy would be quite simple.

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Mastering the medical mindshift: Controlling practice management with ratios instead of gut feeling

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

Practice teams often get in their own way when it comes to improving and controlling their practice management with a wrong mindset. The solution is a simple system of ratios that automatically signals the need for action.

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