Tag: specialist

Modern medicine, outdated structures: How GPs and specialists are getting in their own way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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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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Digitisation of the medical practice: Doctors and medical assistants have different perspectives

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

The implementation and benefits of digitisation depend primarily on concrete and systematic action, not only in medical practices. However, the prerequisite for this is always a positive willingness. In GP and specialist practices, the picture is divided with regard to the latter aspect.

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Mindset bugs in GP and specialist practices: “For patient surveys, the school grading scale is best.”

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s about

The results from patient surveys in GP and specialist practices often lead to wrong reactions on the part of the practice teams. Two reasons are responsible for this.

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Quality of practice management: A diffusely used term clearly defined

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it is about

In professional publications, seminars and events, the quality of practice management is often mentioned. However, it turns out that it is mostly used as a phrase and lacks a substantive underpinning. Yet the definition is quite simple and pragmatic.

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Outpatient medicine: Do general practitioners and specialists need a priority lane concept for privately insured patients?

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What is at stake

Some general practitioners and specialists are convinced that it is not necessary to differentiate between patients with health insurance and those with private health insurance within the scope of the practice management services, even if the quality of medical care is the same. Another part works with priority lane approaches, even if medical professional organisations dispute this fact. How do the results compare?

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Mindset bugs in outpatient medicine: “We work together as a team!”

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

The results of the IFABS Practice Management Tracker© show that for the most part there are no “real” teams working in GP and specialist practices, only groups. As a result, practice owners negligently limit the efficiency and productivity of their operations, reduce the quality of patient care, increase costs and reduce their success. Viewed in aggregate, however, the performance of outpatient medicine as a whole also suffers as a result.

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Toxic mindsets in primary care and specialty practices: “I don’t have time.”

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

The results of the IFABS company comparison-Tracker© for general practice, specialist practice and dental practice management make it clear that up to thirty percent of the time resources used in practice operations are wasted completely unnecessarily and that substantial creative freedom exists.

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The IFABS Business Comparison Tracker© for GP, Specialist and Dental Practice Management

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

The IFABS Practice Comparison Tracker captures, documents and analyzes the practice management activities of primary care physicians, specialists and dentists along with the effects achieved. This long-term investigation procedure for macro and micro analysis of outpatient practice management is based on a dynamically developing collective of currently more than 15,000 Practice Management Operational Comparisons© conducted in medical and dental practices.

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