Overview
Provides medical practitioners with the basic business skills and understanding of the financial aspects of their practice
Provides suggestions for marketing and branding strategies to differentiate one's practice from competitors
Provides tips on how to use the Internet and social media to not only connect with existing patients but also attract new patients
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This text provides physicians with the basic business skills in order for them to become involved in the financial aspect of their practices. The text will help the physician decide what kind of practice they would like to join (i.e. private practice, small group practice, solo practice, hospital employment, large group practice, academic medicine, or institutional\government practice) as well as understand the basics of contracting, restrictive covenants and how to navigate the road to partnership. Additional topics covered include, monthly balance sheets, productivity, overhead costs and profits, trend analysis and benchmarking. Finally, the book provides advice on advisors that doctors will need to help with the business of their professional and personal lives. These include accountants, bankers, lawyers, insurance agents and other financial advisors.
The Complete Business Guide for a Successful Medical Practice provides a roadmap for physicians to be not only good clinical doctors but also good businessmen and businesswomen. It will help doctors make a difference in the lives of their patients as well as sound financial decisions for their practice.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Neil Baum, MD
Department of Urology, Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Roger G. Bonds, MBA, CMSR, FMSD
President & CEO, PhysicianCareerAdvisor.com, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Founder, American Academy of Medical Management, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Thomas Crawford, PhD, MBA, FACHE
Faculty and Chief Operating Officer, University of Florida Prostate Disease Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Karl Kreder, MD, MBA
Professor and Department Executive Officer, Rubin H. Flocks Chair, Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Koushik Shaw, MD
Austin Urology Institute, Austin, Texas, USA
Thomas Stringer, MD, FACS
Medical Director, Department of Urology, University of Florida/Shands Health Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, MHA
Department of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Complete Business Guide for a Successful Medical Practice
Editors: Neil Baum, Roger G. Bonds, Thomas Crawford, Karl J. Kreder, Koushik Shaw, Thomas Stringer, Raju Thomas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11095-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-11094-3Published: 07 April 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-11095-0Published: 02 January 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 277
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Practice and Hospital Management, Cardiology, General Surgery, Health Administration