Are medical assistants modern galley slaves?

What it’s all about

In some german GP and specialist practices, conditions are reminiscent of the dark ages when galley slaves had to toil in undignified conditions. This metaphor illustrates the unfortunately frightening reality to which some staff are exposed according to the results of employee surveys carried out as part of practice management company comparisons. Here is a detailed insight into the factors that individually or in combination characterise the miserable working conditions faced by some medical assistants.

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German healthcare system: Why does the best practice standard often go unused?

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Practice management is the transmitter of the medical expertise of practice owners and the resources used in practice operations into patient care. The better the management works, the higher the quality of patient care. A validated, easy-to-implement guideline, the so-called best practice standard, exists for the adequate organisation of practice management. Yet these are only partially applied. This has a strong negative impact on the care of practice visitors, on the efficiency of the work, the motivation of the staff and ultimately also on the economic results of the practice.

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German general practitioners and specialists: Entrepreneurial Neglect Syndrome (ENS) and its effects

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Entrepreneurial Neglect Syndrome (ENS) refers to the neglect of entrepreneurial aspects in the management of medical practices. This behaviour has far-reaching consequences that affect not only practice management, but also patient care and the economic viability of the practice.

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German medical practices: Realaverism, illustrated by the example of the no-show problem

What it’s about

The term “realaverism” describes the tendency to deny or ignore unpleasant realities and often externalise them. In German medical practices, this realaverism manifests itself, for example, in the way in which the phenomenon of no-shows, i.e. the absence of patients from agreed appointments without prior cancellation, is dealt with.

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Praxismanagement-Optimierung: Die Nachteile nicht-systemischer Analysen

Worum es geht

Im Gesundheitswesen spielen Analysen des Praxismanagements eine entscheidende Rolle, beispielsweise, um die Effizienz und Effektivität von Arztpraxen zu verbessern. Wenn diese Untersuchungen jedoch nicht systemisch angelegt sind, können erhebliche Nachteile entstehen. Dieser Artikel beleuchtet die negativen Auswirkungen solcher Ansätze auf Praxisebene.

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The Futurised Practice-Check in German medical practices on the topic of “Leadership”

What it’s all about

The leadership skills of practice owners are of crucial importance for future-oriented GP and specialist practice management. It ensures that employees work together as “real” teams in a motivated, efficient, flexible and successful manner and can thus proactively respond to developments in the practice’s operating environment. But how future-oriented are the futurised practices (which represent a perspective expansion of the best practice standard) of GPs and specialists today? An evaluation of the results of practice management comparisons provides information.

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German healthcare system: Practice teams are stealing their own time

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The article discusses how internal inefficiencies, such as unnecessary mobile phone use during work and poor organizational practices, lead to significant time loss in medical practices, far outweighing the time spent on digitization and bureaucratic tasks.

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The underestimated barriers to digitalisation in German medical practices

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Digitalisation in the German healthcare system offers considerable potential for increasing the efficiency and quality of patient care. Nevertheless, the transformation is only progressing slowly, especially in medical practices. This is why there is an intensive debate on how the benefits of digital solutions for outpatient care can be quickly and systematically realised by GPs and specialists. The central starting point here is to overcome the scepticism and reluctance of practice owners by providing targeted information and concrete use cases. However, this attitude is only the tip of the iceberg. However, two fundamental problems remain largely unnoticed, which are an extreme obstacle to effective digitalisation: inadequate organisational and organisational structures and a lack of entrepreneurial skills and knowledge among doctors.

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Die zwei grundlegenden Fehler in der Personalgewinnung von Arztpraxen

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Befeuert durch den Fachkräfte-Mangel sind Arztpraxen heute mehr denn je gefordert, effiziente und zugleich attraktive Arbeitsumgebungen für potenzielle neue Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter zu schaffen. Bei der Suche unterlaufen vielen Praxen jedoch zwei wesentliche Fehler, die ihre Anziehungskraft auf qualifiziertes Personal signifikant mindern.

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Outpatient medicine in Germany: The medieval pillory in modern medical practices

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The results from the employee surveys of our practice management comparisons show that around 25% of German GP and specialist practices have a system that is reminiscent of the medieval pillory: practice owners publicly reprimand their employees in front of colleagues and patients when they make mistakes. The reasons for such open criticism may be factually justified, but the procedure is completely unsuitable as a disciplinary measure.

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