Mastering the medical mindshift: Economic success is not an indication of the quality of practice management

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

General practitioners, specialists and dentists usually judge the success of their businesses on the basis of profit. However, it is not only a matter of which services are billed and how the resulting turnover relates to the costs, but it is also quite decisive with which labour input the practice result is generated.

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Reducing workload for general practitioners and specialists: 10 questions and answers on the practice management comparison©

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

Why is practice management so important?

The term “practice management” refers to the totality of all regulations, instruments, measures and behaviour,

  • which are used in the action areas of planning, organisation, market research, leadership and cooperation, time and self-management, patient management, marketing and financial management of medical practices of all disciplines and
  • whose interaction guarantees the operation of the practice.

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Managing the medical mindshift: employee motivation

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

“My staff are lucky to work here”, or: “The salary is motivation enough” are mindsets that many practice owners still have internalised today. However, in view of the limited availability of staff and the changed requirements of medical assistants, GPs and specialists urgently need to correct this attitude.

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The super-fast #MRI scan that could revolutionize #heart failure #diagnosis — ScienceDaily

Researchers have developed cutting-edge technology to diagnose patients with heart failure in record time. The state-of-the-art technology uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to create detailed 4D flow images of the heart. But unlike a standard MRI scan, which can take up to 20 minutes or more, the new 4D heart MRI scan takes just eight minutes.
— Weiterlesen www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220921210007.htm

Mastering the medical mindshift: Active management of time instead of unplanned time wasting

Facts and Figures from the German Health Care System

What it’s all about

No complaint is as widespread in doctor circles as the one about lack of time. But apart from situations of dramatic understaffing, it would be obsolete if practice owners and their staff managed their use of time professionally.

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Managing the medical mindshift: From actionism to entrepreneurial practice management

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

If one analyses the success of the various practice management strategies in general practitioners’ and specialists’ practices with the help of company comparisons, it becomes apparent that the approach of entrepreneurial practice management produces the best qualitative and quantitative results.

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Mastering the medical mindshift: from gut feeling to fact-based practice management assessment

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

Studies of the quality of management in GP and specialist practices show substantial opportunities for change for a large part of the businesses, which could lead to sustainable improvements in patient care, but also in working conditions and entrepreneurial performance. The fact that this potential remains unused is primarily due to far too little analysis activity.

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Mastering the medical mindshift: From passive to active management of doctors’ working time

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it is all about

Many doctors have been complaining for a long time about the strain on their time. External pressures are identified as the causes, but solutions are not seen. Yet a remedy would be quite simple.

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Mastering the medical mindshift: Controlling practice management with ratios instead of gut feeling

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

Practice teams often get in their own way when it comes to improving and controlling their practice management with a wrong mindset. The solution is a simple system of ratios that automatically signals the need for action.

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