In this article The Need for a Medical Spa Our skin is often the most neglected part of our body and sadly, even the most abused part. In our ever busy lives, taking care of our skin is forgotten and relegated to the bottom of the list. Constant sun exposure and environmental pollution causes our skin …
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Best practices in managing appointments
A structured appointment scheduling system can go a long way towards improving revenue and increasing patient satisfaction in a medical practice. Patient scheduling is an integral part of daily work for a health care professional either in family practice or at specialist clinic, in a physician’s office or at a hospital. Scheduling can be managed well online with …
Do your patients forget to take their medicines?
Doctors everywhere have the same goal – to make patients healthier. However, all your efforts might go in vain due to a factor not completely under your control – your patients’ non-adherence to prescribed medication. A study1 published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that only 50% of patients adhere to their prescription. That’s right – only …
How EMRs Improve Medical Care – A Scientific View
Medical set ups like clinics or hospitals maintain a record of all the medical data of a patient. It is documented on paper, in files or folders. It includes personal and medical information like patient’s name, age, contact number, address, attending physicians, previous ailments, medications, surgeries etc. and more1. EMR is an Electronic Medical record …
Finding a Successor for your Medical Practice
A great deal of hard work, talent, perseverance and patience goes into building a medical practice. The laborious work coupled with emergencies can sap a physician’s strength. As they gather age and experience, many physicians find it taxing to meet the demands of this hectic profession. However, a few of them decide to find a successor before retiring. Thus, …
6 Simple Tips to Start Marketing Your Medical Practice
India has the largest number of medical colleges in the world, churning out 30,000 doctors and 18,000 specialists per year1. A new medical practice setup is the most common choice for most physicians. The challenge of attracting patients commences right at the outset of this noble profession. Increasing competition and standard of living necessitates that …
Case Study: How Dr. Pandit Retained Patients When He Moved His Clinic
Introduction Dr. Yogesh Pandit is a dental surgeon practising for 14 years in Pune. He runs Dr. Pandit’s Clinic for Dental Excellence in the busy Pune suburb of Sus-Pashan Road along with another clinic in Baner. A graduate of Aurangabad’s Government Dental College, Dr. Pandit sees about 6-8 patients a day. To manage his busy …
How to Upgrade Your Medical Practice
As people in the medical profession, we are constantly learning and evolving each day with more research and updates. With an ever increasing array of advanced techniques, research updates and health care options available, physicians face considerable competition. Gone are the days where a mere telephone book listing or hospital affiliation would be enough to sustain …
Emerging Technologies in Healthcare – Telemedicine
The world of Information and Communication Technologies have made medical care more convenient and easily accessible. It has revolutionised the way healthcare is available to the layman. Telemedicine is a word coined back in 1970s, meaning, ‘Healing at a distance’3. Telemedicine has made it possible to provide high-quality healthcare facilities to rural and remote areas …
Do EMRs Improve Quality and Efficiency of Medical Care?
Electronic medical records (EMR) allow collection and maintenance of patient records digitally. A digital format helps in saving time spent in gathering past records. This is of significance in a developing country like India, which has a doctor patient ratio of 1:17001. Doctors are heavily burdened, and India is projected to fall short of 5 …