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Lead, follow or get out of the way

Physician's Practice

Yes, you can judge a book by its cover, and make no mistake, patients judge your practice within only four seconds of walking through the front door. Did they have to wait long to obtain an appointment? or less) on an appointment card. " For example, would you wait three or more weeks for an appointment?

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Bathrooms “R” Us

Physician's Practice

If the patients have not arrived in the office, contact them to inform them of the delay and offer them the option to reschedule their appointment. This article inspired by Shep Hyken’s article appearing in Forbes Magazine Neil Baum, MD , a Professor of Clinical Urology at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

Like, I’ve had people who’ve appointed their super as their healthcare decision makers and certainly, I mean, I feel like every, every time we talk about what’s changed in, in day to day life, we reflect on Covid. And they say, no, there’s no end with that. Or do you dive deeper?

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Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray

GeriPal

Times , The BMJ , and Annals of Internal Medicine. . ” And I thankfully haven’t had anybody decline an appointment or something that I knew of because I did this. Alex: And you published in Washington Post, Annals of Internal Medicine. She has a book out. Alex: Let me share one here. Alex: Okay.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

But for me to really get comfortable in palliative practice, I had to go book like other rotations and spend some, some extra time with people who do addiction health, people who, you know, I spent time with the outreach nurses who are doing, you know, street outreach visits. And that’s about half of our referrals.