5 business plan mistakes to avoid when starting a medical practice
By: MedicalDirector.com — A strategic approach to your business plan can ensure your medical practice is not only up and running smoothly, but continues to grow and achieve optimum patient outcomes. Avoid these common pitfalls and you’ll be on your way to getting your exciting new practice off the ground. 1. An ill-determined business structure When…
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Article Written by our Friends at Affordable Image
Written By: Affordable Image — In today’s climate, the first place everyone turns for information is Google. If you search for the best ways to market your startup dental practice you will get countless pages of articles all written by experts in their respective fields. The amount of valuable information is overwhelming. One website alone has…
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The Doctor is in: Healthcare is the New Retail
By: INDUSTRY INSIGHTS (commercialobserver.com) — There was a time not long ago when you could spend a leisurely afternoon at Park Avenue and 57th Street browsing for books at the local Borders Books outlet. If you go to that location now, you’re probably there for health-related reasons. With the transition to e-commerce, it’s little surprise that Borders,…
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The Journey to a Successful Practice
By: James G Chelnis, MD — For most ophthalmologists, our training often skips over the tools we need to start a practice. This panel was designed to educate budding ophthalmologists on what it takes to start a business, build a practice, and evolve into a successful ophthalmologist. Drs. Ho Sun Choi, Sean Paul and Sandy Feldman have…
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Cost vs Reward of Opening a Medical Private Practice
By: Doctorly.org — COST VS REWARD OF OPENING A MEDICAL PRIVATE PRACTICE Although considered one of the most challenging endeavors in the health care field, starting a medical private practice is also viewed as one of the most rewarding accomplishments for a physician or medical professional. The ability to make decisions and provide treatment that…
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Protecting Your Practice: Fraud, Theft, & Embezzlement
By: Kara D. Kelley, SHRM-CP, Parkhurst & Associates CPA PC — Take a minute to Google the search phrase “Receptionist forging prescriptions.” You should pull up about 614,000 results. Now search for “office manager theft.” You’ll likely get about 1.2 million results. The first pages of both of these searches are filled with articles about…
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Medical training is over. What’s the next chapter?
By: MANU PRATIVADI, MD — Today is a strange day. I treated myself to a slice of nondescript doughy hospital pizza for lunch today. If this was an actual pizza place, and I had a choice, I would never order this pizza. But today, the pizza tasted fantastic. In fact, it tasted like the best pizza I’ve…
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Coworking vs. Traditional Office Space
By: STEVE GILLESPIE— When starting a business, there are thousands of decisions to make. One of those is whether or not you need a traditional office space. You could set up shop in a coworking space but which is better for your company? Coworking vs. traditional office space is a question with a different answer…
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Creative Use Of Nontraditional Properties Needed To Head Off Medical Office Space Shortage
By: Dees Stribling, Bisnow National — The growing demand for healthcare services is threatening to outstrip the supply of medical office space in a number of U.S. markets, according to a new report by Transwestern. The report, Medical Office Space Gets Tight, bases its predictions on the anticipated growth in healthcare workers through 2019 and…
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Texas’ most expensive rental spot is this Austin zip code, report says
By: Amanda O’Donnell — Are you renting in the most expensive zip code in Texas? If you’re living in Austin’s 78701, the honor is all yours, a new list by real estate site Rent Cafe reports. The 78701 zip code is located primarily in downtown Austin, and, according to Rent Cafe, has an average rent of $2,658. The second-highest…
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