November/December 2019

Journal of Medical Practice Management

November/December 2019

Vol. 35, No. 3 · 12 articles

  1. We Lost Another Great Doctor Today to Suicide

    JMPM November/December 2019 Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA, CPE, DFAAPL

    Preventing physician suicides may be possible by eliminating the stigma surrounding mental health treatment and its disclosure on licensing and credentialing applications.

  2. Temporal Characteristics of Missed Clinic Appointments in an Academic Center in West Texas

    JMPM November/December 2019 Cheyenne Mangold, MD, MPH, Jeff A. Dennis, PhD, Mark Dame, MHA, Oren Grossman, MBA, Meredith Gavin, BS, Alan N. Peiris, MD, PhD

    Missed appointments have negative outcomes for patients, physicians, and clinics. These effects include incomplete screening, inappropriate use of emergency care, clinic overbooking, decreased teaching opportunities, ...

  3. Strategies to Effectively Manage Multigenerational Teams Part III: Working with Baby Boomers

    JMPM November/December 2019 Owen J. Dahl, MBA, FACHE, LSSMBB

    For baby boomers who are still working, some key factors are essential to their continued contribution to their mission. The high-performing medical practice has a great resource in its staff, and working more closely...

  4. Significant Conversations: What, Why, When, How

    JMPM November/December 2019 Robert C. Goldszer, MD, MBA, Shimon Hakshouri, MD, MBA, Wendy Stuart, RN, MSN, Tarang Kheradia, MBBS, MPH

    We propose that having significant conversations within families and also as clinicians with patients and families—early, regularly as indicated by the clinical condition, and comprehensively—and being sure these conv...

  5. Reflections and a Call to Action

    JMPM November/December 2019 Matthew Moeller, MD

    I hope the public and our government will consider the effect of policy changes on the doctor’s financial well-being.

  6. Paint Is Expensive

    JMPM November/December 2019 Jennifer A. O’Brien, MSOD

    As a seasoned practice management consultant, I generally have ideas about what might be going wrong in a practice well before I cross the threshold. This time was different.

  7. Learning from the Financial Industry: A Roadmap for Healthcare Practices

    JMPM November/December 2019 Neil Baum, MD

    This article looks at the financial industry and what the financial industry may have to offer the healthcare profession.

  8. Leadership Skills to Address the Four Categories of Demotivation

    JMPM November/December 2019 David F. Smith, PhD

    Employee motivation is key to a successful medical practice. Leaders need to be aware of the four main demotivators: task orientation; personal emotions; self-confidence; and values.

  9. How to Develop a Thicker Skin in Your Medical Practice

    JMPM November/December 2019 Laura Hills, DA

    This article argues that medical practice managers and their employees can and should thicken their skin, for both their wellbeing and for their work productivity.

  10. Finding the Marvel in the Marble Part II: Alternative Medical Careers

    JMPM November/December 2019 Joseph E. Swartz, Neil Baum, MD

    This article discusses the hidden potential that physicians have to find supplemental income, much like the David that Michelangelo found hiding in an imperfect block of marble.

  11. Duck, Duck, Leader: How We Pick, Promote, and Should Prepare Our Leaders

    JMPM November/December 2019 Monica Wofford, CSP

    As kids we played “duck, duck, goose.” As adults we play duck, duck, leader at the office. You may not remember participating in either of these games, but in a recent speaking engagement, the entire audience agreed t...

  12. Design Thinker Profile: Capabilities for Driving Change in Healthcare

    JMPM November/December 2019 Dani Chesson, PhD, Mitchell Kusy, PhD

    In this article, we propose design thinker capabilities as a unique way healthcare leaders can improve the benchmark of the healthcare industry—patient safety and satisfaction.