July/August 2020

Journal of Medical Practice Management

July/August 2020

Vol. 36, No. 1 · 10 articles

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  1. The Great Healthcare Reset: A Pandemic Prognosis

    JMPM July/August 2020 Hannah Cassatly, BA, Michael G. Cassatly, DMD

    In early May 2020, Cassatly Leadership Coaching interviewed 27 healthcare leaders to learn about the impacts of COVID-19 on their organizations, their insights based on recent experience, and their vision for future l...

  2. Strategic Management Practices of Medical Technology Deans: Tackling Organizational Challenges Through Sun Tzu’s Art of War

    JMPM July/August 2020 Maria Luisa R. Olano, RMT, PhD, Maria Minerva P. Calimag, MD, PhD, Ma. Frieda Z. Hapan, RMT, PhD

    The complexities facing higher education today call for the employment of varied managerial and leadership strategies in handling healthcare program operations.

  3. Personal Goodwill and the Courts: An Analysis

    JMPM July/August 2020 Joel M. DiCicco, PhD, CPA, Richard S. Gendler, JD, LLM, JSD, Uliana Filatova, MBA, MSF, Alan S. Whiteman, PhD, MBA, LIFE FACMPE

    This article presents an analytical review of court decisions in six states and the federal courts to illustrate the techniques used in ascertaining personal goodwill.

  4. Medicinal Value of Humor

    JMPM July/August 2020 Genevieve Messa, BS, Neil Baum, MD

    This article reviews the history of humor in medicine, the physiology of humor, and several examples of the medicinal value of humor.

  5. Marketing Funnel: Visualizing the Patient’s Journey

    JMPM July/August 2020 Neil Baum, MD

    This article explains a more widely applicable version of the marketing funnel and its application to a medical practice.

  6. I Wish I Had Paid More Attention to My Personal Affairs

    JMPM July/August 2020 Reed Tinsley, CPA

    A CPA offers a financial planning checklist to help physicians better manage their personal financial affairs.

  7. How to Manage a Productive Prima Donna: Twelve Strategies

    JMPM July/August 2020 Laura Hills, DA

    This article will help medical administrators gain a better understanding of their prima donnas and develop effective strategies for managing them.

  8. Combating Physician Burnout: Do We Need More Chiefs in the C-Suite?

    JMPM July/August 2020 Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA, CPE, DFAAPL

    This article examines the responsibilities of new C-suite leaders and potential benefits to burned-out physicians.

  9. Are They Interested in Improving?

    JMPM July/August 2020 David F. Smith, PhD

    This article describes what growth orientation is, why it is important, and how leaders can behave to produce growth orientation.

  10. Adherence and Diabetes Mellitus

    JMPM July/August 2020 Courtney McClure, BS, Jonathan Montrose, BS, Hannah Rector, BS, Janis Coffin, DO, FAAFP, FACMPE

    As the prevalence of diabetes continues to increase, it becomes even more important to focus on increasing adherence rates in patients with diabetes to reduce the incidence of comorbid conditions and ease the burden o...