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Why your medical practice needs a health coach

When patients learn healthy behaviors, they reduce the amount of medical care needed. Help patients by employing a trained health coach to promote lifestyle changes. Freeing up your time reduces burnout.

Scope of Practice
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Revenue management tips for physicians: Improve your financial health

Patient care is the top priority; but so is the financial health of your medical practice. Strategies to help your practice streamline revenue cycle management processes can pay off in many ways.

Career Development
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The move to value-based care in medical practices: Effect on cost and quality

Wondering how your medical practice can move from fee-for-service to value-based care? One practice in North Carolina serves as an example of how team-based model affects health outcomes and costs.

Payment & Delivery Models
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What a patient visit looks like under a team-based model of health care

Value-based health care strategically redistributes work in medical practices. We break down the way a highly-functional team-based model handles preparing for and conducting a patient visit.

Scope of Practice
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Physicians take new approach to add mental health care to standard practice

Mental health issues have an impact on patient’s well-being but often aren’t part of a standard medical practice. One university’s experience offers tips on how to use a behavioral health consultant to increase the quality of care.

Behavioral Health
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How quality improvement advisors help transform physician practices

A lack of resources can prevent physicians from making changes that help them deliver higher quality care at lower costs. Practice transformation networks offer access to a quality improvement advisor to facilitate change.

Sustainability
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Your patients may have unmet needs: 4 questions physicians should ask

Is your practice meeting the needs to patients when it comes to the delivery of health care services? 4 simple questions developed by physicians can help you take a comprehensive medical approach for patients.

AMA STEPS Forward®
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3 steps physicians say make practice changes successful

While change fatigue is common, when the desire for change comes from within your practice, the results can unify your team.

Sustainability
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5 ways to optimize space in your practice

Where you choose to place furnishings and how you decorate may create inefficiencies and drive down patient satisfaction. Learn how to positively influence those who pass through your practice with five quick and cost-effective design techniques that can smooth your work flow, increase patient safety and enhance patient and team interactions.

Sustainability