The value of practice management benchmarking: Avoiding opportunity costs through best practice standards

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

In the development dynamics of healthcare, physicians face a variety of challenges. One of the most important issues here is the adequate design of practice management and the continuous improvement of processes to ensure optimal patient care. Unfortunately, many physicians still do without practice management benchmarking in this regard.

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Practice management: Comparison of analysis methods

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

A smoothly functioning practice management is an indispensable foundation for the quality of patient care and practice success, given the changes in the operating framework for primary care physicians and specialists and the associated dynamics. However, only very few practices have such a foundation.

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Practice management: problem elimination in the deep dive method

What it’s all about

In stark contrast to their patients, doctors are content to identify the symptoms of practice problems instead of looking for the root causes. As a result, even in businesses whose owners are convinced that the work is running smoothly, a deep dive in the form of practice management benchmarking can identify an average of forty unactivated opportunities for improvement.

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One look is enough: The Practice Management Monitor

What it’s all about

A medical monitor measures and monitors various vital signs such as heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation in the blood and respiratory rate. This data provides doctors and medical staff in inpatient settings with important information about the patient’s health status so that they can then take appropriate action. Such monitors also alert when the measured values are outside the normal range to indicate potential problems. Such a monitor also exists in a figurative sense for practice management.

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The booster for practice management: Digital anamnesis

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

The variety of possibilities offered by digitisation of practice work only becomes apparent to GPs and specialists when they look beyond the “end of their nose” of the TI. For example, a digital medical history can significantly improve efficiency and productivity in medical practices.

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