Efficiency as a survival strategy for medical practices

What it’s all about

The healthcare sector is in a constant state of flux, driven by regulatory adjustments, technological innovations and changes in patient expectations. For medical practices, these changes are a challenge, but also an opportunity to improve their work and increase efficiency. However, it is not only an advantage, but an indispensable survival strategy for modern medical practices.

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Modern medicine, outdated structures: How GPs and specialists are getting in their own way

What it’s all about

GPs and specialists in private practice like to use their practices’ web presences to highlight their modern therapeutic care options. But comparisons of practices show that practice management, as the transmitter of this claim into patient care, often lags behind. If one compares the current practice management in German medical practices with that of ten years ago, only gradual changes can be observed. This is extremely problematic, because the demands not only on outpatient medical care have changed significantly due to technological advances and changing patient needs.

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Practice Management: Key Performance Indicators (KPI) as Game Changers

What it’s all about

In an increasingly complex and fast-moving healthcare landscape, physicians in private practice are confronted with a multitude of challenges. In addition to medical care, business aspects and, above all, the analysis and control of practice management with the help of key performance indicators (KPI) are playing an increasingly important role. But what are the advantages for practice owners who work with these key performance indicators?

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Toxic mindsets in ambulatory medicine: “Efficiency is just a superficial buzzword.”

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

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The term “efficiency” and the concept behind it of creating room for maneuver by systematically eliminating misalignments in practice management also possess crucial significance for work in medical practices:

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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

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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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