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Mystery Shoppers for the Medical Practice
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Jodi Manfredi, Founder and President of Examine Your Practice, a company dedicated to the process of using "mystery shoppers" for the medical practice. In this podcast interview, Ms. Manfredi, who has had more than 20 years in the healthcare industry, talks about the type of practices that can benefit from the process of using a mystery shopper, the benefits of using a company to discover the positives and negatives in a practice, and how the healthcare industry is changing as a result of this type of service. Her site is www.examineyourpractice.com.
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Financial Issues Facing Physicians Today with David B. Mandell, P.C.
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David B. Mandell, J.D., M.B.A. is an attorney, author, and educator. He focuses his law practice on asset protection, tax, and estate planning matters. He also is a principal of Jarvis & Mandell, LLC, a financial planning firm focusing on tax, insurance, benefits, and retirement planning matters.
Podcast interview covering these topics: financial obstacles facing physicians today; the benefits of non-qualified retirement plans; how physicians can shield their most important assets, like their home, from potential lawsuits; what the new bankruptcy laws mean for physicians; what "Asset Protection" is and why physicians should be concerned with it; physicians getting good advise from their advisors; the future of medicine.. economically.
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Feedback: The Breakfast of Champions by Irv Rubin
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Dr. Rubin, the author of "Dying for Compassion," discusses in this 20-minute podcast the roots of his own deep interest in feedback, why hearing the word "feedback" causes most people to cringe, and the negative consequences of poorly delivered feedback. Hear also his opinion of the 360-degree feedback craze, how to make delivering bad news a "win-win" and he wraps up with a few practical suggestions on how to improve giving and receiving feedback.
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Interview with David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Health Poli
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David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Health Policy at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University of Philadelphia author/editor of 17 books, and repeatedly named by Modern Healthcare to the top 100 most powerful persons in healthcare list is interviewed about his latest book, Practicing Medicine in the 21st Century, published by the American College of Physician Executives, www.acpe.org
In this 20-minute podcast interview with Nancy Collins, Publisher of The Journal of Medical Practice Management, Dr. Nash discusses the challenges facing physicians today, the characteristics of an ideal practice, how physicians can improve the quality of their care, how physicians can prepare for pay-for-performance (P4P) and the extra training that physicians might find useful in the new era of medical practice.
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Practical Tips for Marketing Your Practice with Dr. Neil Baum
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Interview with Urologist Dr. Neil Baum. Discussion includes topics such as grass roots marketing efforts such as newspaper, radio, TV and local community organizations; The difference between marketing and public relations; Affordable or "shoestring" marketing techniques; Exceeding patient expectations; Effective use of email and Web sites for communication with patients and patient satisfaction; Reasons for and dealing with patient defection; Time saving techniques to see more patients per day; Strategies for physicians with a shrinking population base; Working with non-medical professionals for referrals.
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