Last week we began looking at APPs (advanced practice providers) as valuable members of a patient’s healthcare team, especially in today’s current shift from fee-for-service healthcare, to value-based healthcare. I quoted MEDI Leadership’s Kathy Gibala, and I think it’s worth Read More
Shift in Healthcare Steve Jobs once said, “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” (1) Speaking of Steve Jobs and changing the world, do you remember when Apple rolled Read More
Unique Challenges to Setting Culture It’s no coincidence that stress is a popular subject these days and has been the topic of several of our recent blogs. It’s not the sole topic of today’s Thinking Thursday TIPS, but it does Read More
Don’t Throw the Baby Out Are you even blogging if you don’t use the phrase “new normal” somewhere within your writings these days? Whether you’ve grown tired of reading the phrase or not, the 2020 adage does sum up today’s Read More
Patient Collections Overhaul Last month we discussed the growing rate of financial stress among most patients in our blog post, “What to Expect From Your Patients in 2021: Financial Stress.” Feel free to give it a quick read if you Read More
Self-Sacrificing According to the 2020 Medical Economics Physician Burnout Survey, ninety-one percent of doctors say they have felt burn out from practicing medicine at some point in their career. (1) The job of a healthcare professional is naturally self-sacrificing, but Read More
What Doesn’t Kill You I hereby declare Kelly Clarkson’s What Doesn’t Kill You as 2021’s theme song. Being a song about a breakup, it doesn’t exactly translate on all levels, but the age-old adage it leaves reverberating in my head Read More
Information Bankruptcy COVID-19 has become like a sort-of “red-headed stepchild” we’re all now bound to as a result of a begrudging and undesired union. (No offense if you actually are a red-headed stepchild, but you get my point… hopefully). Whether Read More
Last week we began our expectations for 2021 by initially characterizing the new kind of patient directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In case you missed it, feel free to catch up here. In a nutshell: the rising rates of Read More
New Year, Same Old Pumpkin Well, the new year is here and despite our best wishes, COVID-19 is still rearing its ugly head. Remember when we all thought it would be over by summer of last year? We rolled into Read More