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

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

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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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Managing the medical mindshift: Putting an end to the old dogmas on practice management

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Dogmas or beliefs are fixed generalised opinions that are considered to be unreservedly correct and are therefore not scrutinised. They help with orientation, but lead astray if they do not correspond with reality, obscure the view of unused opportunities and make work more difficult, since misalignments cannot even be recognised.

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Managing the medical mindshift: data protection in the medical practice

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

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Data protection in medical practices is not only a fundamental requirement, but also an important building block for a stable relationship of trust between doctors and their patients. In reality, however, there are clear shortcomings, e.g. in terms of discretion.

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Learnings from practice management company comparisons©: Overtime is not a necessary evil

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Many practice teams complain that their work can only be endured if they work longer hours than planned every day. The reason is seen in the excessive burdens of administration, bureaucracy and patients. But this is a misconception.

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Managing the medical mindshift: “Trust and track” instead of “command and control”

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Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

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The employees are the most important “production factor” of the medical practice as a service provider. They not only play a central role in the medical care of patients, but are also responsible for the atmosphere of care. A decisive part of the quality and efficiency of a medical practice depends on the know-how, the skills and above all the commitment of the staff. However, the management mentality that has prevailed in medical practices up to now does not do justice to this importance.

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Clear, meaningful and sometimes unsparing: the triple bottom line of practice management

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Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

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The Practice Management Business Comparison© analyses the entire management of a medical practice in a 360-degree view and prepares it, among other things, in the form of key performance indicators (KPIs).

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Why GPs and specialists choose to undertake a practice management benchmarking exercise

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While business comparisons usually serve to assess the economic situation of medical practices, a practice management business comparison offers general practitioners and specialists the opportunity to compare the type, intensity and effects of their practice management with the representative conditions of their specialist group and the best practice standard. This concept opens up a multitude of possible applications.

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