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Case Study: Dr. R Joins the Practice Without Proper Evaluation

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Dr. R was recruited to join a busy practice in a large city. The practice felt good about the addition of Dr. R, who was the nephew of a prominent local physician and came highly recommended. The physician recruitment progressed quickly and Dr. R was extended an offer to join the practice. He began to see patients in the clinic, but the hospital … [Read more...] about Case Study: Dr. R Joins the Practice Without Proper Evaluation

Physician Recruitment

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The process of physician recruitment is laborious and can be time consuming. Always keep in mind that you are not just trying to replace a cog in the machine. You may well spend more waking hours with this person than you do with your family. Don’t take it lightly. A bad choice can yield months, if not years, of misery and regret. A good choice improves the practice, improves … [Read more...] about Physician Recruitment

The Parking Lot Problem

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We built our office and grew our practice. Now, after several years of searching, we finally found the perfect physician to join our still growing practice. Adding her to the practice opened up a new specialty and took the pressure off our long waiting list. It was wonderful, until the problems started. No, we didn’t uncover some horrible dark side to our new … [Read more...] about The Parking Lot Problem

Case Study: The Perils of Password Sharing

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GT and ZR are the two main new-patient schedulers for a busy medical practice. There are many shared tasks in their jobs. It is convenient for them to check each other’s electronic health record (EHR) office messages. To enable this, they have given one another their personal passwords on the system. This seemed to work well—until a problem arose. It was found that a user of … [Read more...] about Case Study: The Perils of Password Sharing