Strukturion of Future Thinking
Facts and Figures from the German Health Care System
Few practising doctors are familiar with developing strategies for their practice operations. Yet four simple questions and their answers are sufficient for this purpose.
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Facts and Figures from the German Health Care System
Patients’ perceptions of medical practices and their services have changed considerably in recent years. In this context, the criteria by which quality is assessed have also changed considerably or have been supplemented by new ones. One such criterion from the “Top 10” is to be taken seriously by the treating doctors.
Facts and Figures from the German Health Care System
GPs and specialists use the offer of self-pay services to secure or expand their entrepreneurial freedom and to increase the attractiveness of their practice offer. In practice, however, only two out of ten practice owners who enthusiastically start with self-payer work are also economically successful with this form of offer after the introductory phase.
Facts and Figures from the German Health Care System
Billing figures are of particular importance for general practitioners and specialists, as they determine the economic output of their work. However, too little attention is paid to the fact that the performance figures of practice management, the key performance indicators (KPI), are just as important, because they indicate whether the conditions for billing are optimally designed. They provide this benefit by
Facts and figures on the German health care system.
As our market research results show, there is currently a great deal of uncertainty among physicians in private practice about what they will face in the course of the transformation and, above all, how they should behave. The following six steps will help them find their own way:
Facts and Figures from the German Health Care System
In the search for development opportunities and future chances of outpatient health care, one central starting point and design parameter is usually not taken into account: practice management. But its quality is currently in a bad way. This white paper describes why practice management is so important and what GPs and specialists can do against its insufficiency.
Facts and Figures from the German Health Care System
The Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for the management area show that hardly any real teams work in medical practices, only groups. Their collaboration, however, lacks essential aspects that ensure the efficiency and productivity of the work. One reason for this is the lack of practice meetings or their poor implementation.
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Facts and Figures from the German Health Care System
One of the big complaints of medical assistants in GP and specialist practices relates to the too little, poor and / or completely missing leadership by the owners. This “leadership insufficiency” can even be measured and has serious negative consequences for the entire medical practice enterprise.
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One positive aspect that is always expected in the context of digitalisation is the reduction of workload for doctors and medical assistants. But in the overall work balance, the activities that are eliminated by automation are offset by new work that is added.
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Practice management comparisons show that in German medical practices – across all speciality groups – on average only 53% of the regulations and instruments necessary for smoothly functioning practice management are used. The resulting patient satisfaction meets only 61% of the requirements and wishes. A deficient area of action in practice management with unused potential is planning. If it is activated, productivity, quality of work, patient loyalty and acquisition as well as the success of the practice will improve in the long term.
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