Tools of the Trade: 10 Things You Need for Rotations
Luke Skywalker has a lightsaber. Batman has a utility belt. You have a white coat. Here are some things you should carry in it: 1. Stethoscope- A no-brainer for anyone attempting a physical exam, don’t...
View ArticleKnowing Your Patients and the Art of Medicine
Art and creativity are inseparable. They are intimately connected. In no way is it creative to simply funnel patients through, check off labs, reorder the same prescriptions, and set up the same...
View ArticleA Year in Review
We will be approaching our anniversary date in a a few weeks and I wanted to do a series, maybe just two, posts about where we've been and where we are. A quick update: The demand for our services...
View ArticleYear in Review . . . CPA Report
Another, timely, review of the business was the CPA's report, which I got last night. We just finished our taxes so the verdict is in. Drum roll . . . at the end of the first fiscal year we had a net...
View ArticleThe Insanity that Keeps Business Owners Up at Night
I've alluded to these stories before but I want to tell one of them again, with an up date. These are things that you could never foresee when you plan a business. Everyone who has never done this...
View ArticleI Knew this Day Would Come . . . Eventually.
S o, I got up at 5: 30 hoping to bike into work, but my new Saint Bernard puppy ran interference and delayed me. He likes to steal all my clothes while I'm in the shower . . . underwear upstairs, left...
View ArticleA Day of Celebration!
One year ago today, the doors to the Pacific Rim Headache Center officially opened. This was after months of stressful work with banks, quality medical assurance commission, lawyers, vendors and...
View ArticleGrowing Pains
It is a dilemma that we now face. With our schedule packed well into the future, I had a call today from the director of the largest headache clinic in the state. She called to tell me that she was...
View ArticleMedical Billing is Rocket Science
I knew before I ever started this clinic venture that good billing was the key. I'm into this process by over 13 months and I still don't think we have it right. I had worked in medicine for 30...
View ArticleEnding This
I've decided once again to end this blog. This is for a couple reasons. One reason is that I've been into this for over a year now and the start-up period is over. But the major reason is that our...
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