Garden Vegetables To Thank The Doctor Today one of my patients kindly gave me a basket of tomatoes and other vegetables harvested from her garden just this morning. I was touched by her friendly gesture, and surprised because I practice in that urban mecca called Hartford, CT. I’m not sure how many productive gardens there [...]
About Dr. Rich Berning
Ideal Medical Practices
In my constant searching and researching for useful information to share with my fellow physicians in private practice, I have found a number of useful and interesting blogs and websites which I will share with you from time to time. Recently I discovered the blog Ideal Medical Practices which is a group or collaborative blog (like [...]
Physicians in Private Practice Need to be Entrepreneurs
It is more important than ever for private practice physicians to sharpen their entrepreneurial edge, and I mean that in a good way. With the various healthcare reform options being discussed, I hear a recurrent theme that in order to bring healthcare costs down, and the quality of patient care up, we physicians are going [...]
Share Your Private Practice Management Tips
For PrivatePractice.MD to become truly useful for doctors starting a new private medical practice, members will need to share their own knowedge and experiences with other members. I would be thrilled to see experienced doctors become mentors to the newly minted doctors. Private practice mastermind groups would be another way doctors and their advisors can [...]
X Prize for a New Health Care Paradigm
The X Prize Foundation has announced a $10+ Million prize to the person or group that creates a fundamentally different US healthcare delivery system. I think the private medical practice community can win this prize! In the description directly from the X Prize website it states “This first-of-its kind competition will focus on reinventing the [...]
Business Liability Insurance For Your Medical Practice Is A Must!
If you have a business, which a medical practice is of course, you need business liablity insurance. Your malpractice insurance won’t protect you if your patient slips on your front step and breaks her hip. As doctors, we’re used to the concept of risk. Some doctors are even comfortable with it, but I can only [...]
Purchasing Medical Supplies and Services
Depending on the nature of your specialty, a large amount of supplies may be consumed by your medical practice. These items range from tongue depressors and table paper, to medications such as lidocaine and Penicillin for IM injection. Then there are the special purchases such as the flu vaccine, tetanus shots and the myriad of [...]
Buying or Selling A Medical Practice
One way to jump start your own private practice is to buy one already operating. Many practicing physicians hope to sell their medical practice when they retire, either to their current partners or to a physician or group of physicians finishing their training. Buying or selling a medical practice is not like selling a car, [...]
Developing Medical Office Protocols
As you get started, and as you reassess your progress and results, you’re going to want to have standardized protocols for many of the activities in your medical office. These can be bound together and serve as the core of your employee manual which is useful for your new employees, and I believe can become [...]
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