Healthcare IT Blog

Not only are you working to serve the usual case load of patients in your community, you and your team are also contending with individuals who now present with possible symptoms of the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19. Making efforts more difficult is the need to triage patients showing up with symptoms such as coughs and fever from other ailments. 

How healthy are the people in your immediate environment, and how does their quality of health relate to others on a local basis as well as nationwide? In this day and age, the public is experiencing a lot of concern about the health of a country, city, town, and even at the household level. 

The Value-Based Care Methodology The value-based care methodology is getting more and more attention across the healthcare and insurance industries. A methodology that is still being perfected to deliver quality, not quantity, care that will reward or penalize healthcare providers for patient or client outcomes. The ultimate goal is to keep the population healthier and help drive down the cost of insurance. 

Even though medical professionals undergo many years of education and training, most of them aren't trained on how to successfully run their own business. Unlike just a few decades ago, attracting new patients today to a medical practice can be more complex. This is mainly because of the digital age in which we live. However, with the right strategies and tools, you can grow your practice. Here are 10 basic tips on how to grow your medical practice in 2019, along with a few considerations and warnings.

The Two Departments of a Medical Practice In the most common medical practices, whether general practice or a specialty practice, the office usually functions as two departments: the clinical staff and the administrative staff, as found on Chron. As mentioned, some practices may have "clinic heads and ancillary clinic providers".