Medical conferences and meets are eagerly awaited by all medical professionals. It is the most effective and reliable way to catch up with latest inventions and breakthrough in different fields of medicine. An attendee gets a chance to talk personally with the leading practitioners of that field. Apart from this, the inspiration one draws from …
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Simple Ways to Achieve a Stress-Free Waiting Room
Visiting a medical physician can raise many apprehensions for patients. It is fairly common that the time spent by the patient while waiting to see the doctor itself hikes up their anxiety levels drastically. It is important for the physician to note that the patient probably spends only 10 minutes with them and a majority of the time is spent …
Best practices in Patient Scheduling
Original Article by Dr. Rachita Narsaria, MD. For patients, scheduling an appointment might be a click away, but for the people who manage and schedule the appointments it can be a mammoth task. No patient wants to waste time sitting in a waiting room and no doctor wants to be kept waiting or rushed while …
Costs Involved in Running a Nursing Home
Original Article by Dr. Rachita Narsaria, MD Having gone through 6 to 10 years of rigorous training at medical school including an internship programme, medical practitioners at some point of time have to take a tough step of setting up their own clinic or nursing home. Though working as an employed physician with someone senior seems easy, having your …
3 Big Updates for Diabetes Treatment in 2014
Every year the American Diabetes Association (ADA) releases its updated version that contains the revision of scientific literature and clinical recommendations pertaining to diabetes mellitus (DM), its prognosis, treatment, and management of co-morbidities and complications. In 2014, there have been several important updates based upon the research and conclusions of several systematic- and meta-analyses and clinical trials. The …
Is Cloud Storage Safe? What HealthCare Providers Need to Know
Given the fact that healthcare data is doubling every year, medical institutions face a new challenge in terms of secure storage space. It is becoming increasingly difficult to manage rapidly growing data on traditional informational technology (IT) systems. The need to store such a huge amount of sensitive data is gradually pushing the healthcare industry to look for …
What does Apple Healthkit and Google Fit do?
There has been a steady rise of wearable devices in the recent past. Earlier, physical activity trackers were restricted to pedometers, which tracked basic fitness activity like distance covered or calories burned. As consumer interest developed and people began taking a greater interest in quantifying their fitness activities, advanced devices started popping up in the market. …
Dr. MBA: B-School Lessons for Doctors
Business skills are at the core of any commercial establishment, and the medical practice of today is just like any other small business. To be at par with peers and remain competitive in this saturated market, doctors can no longer rely on purely medical skills; they must learn management and business skills as well. Moreover, …
The New Patient Journey: How Patients Discover You
If you are reading this article on your desktop, laptop or your mobile device you would have already heard about the new patient journey. You would have already experienced patients coming to you from new channels, or might have heard anecdotes about other doctors and how the internet helped bring new patients into their practices. Earlier, …
5 Billing Mistakes A Medical Practice Should Avoid
The billing department is an important part of a medical practice. Running a successful medical practice requires a sound and efficient revenue system. Billing practices that are not optimized tend have a domino effect, that extends throughout the office. Needless to say that eliminating billing mistakes is critical for a practice to thrive. Here are the …