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Financial Management
Calculating physician fees requires market knowledge and flexibility
Controlling expenses requires prudence, monitoring, and teamwork
Financial planning for doctors: Start early to ensure a successful future
How to set fees for your medical services that are ‘just right’
Mid-career financial planning: Diversify your assets to ensure a secure future
Navigating your financial future: Advice for doctors
QROPS: A better alternative to unlock your funds lying in UK pension accounts
System Audit for Small Hospitals: Suggestions for Using a Purchase System
To avoid a cash-flow crunch, ensure that your revenue is adequate for your practice
Increasing Patients
How to build your medical practice through referrals, blogs, and other powerful strategies
How you can build your practice even if you’re not a ‘famous’ doctor
Position yourself as a medical expert by working with the local media
Tips for Marketing Hospitals in Rural India
Legal Concerns
Medical Negligence in India: Guest Blogger Dr. Dheeraj V. Mulchandani
Three legal tips for practicing telemedicine in India
Modern Practice
Hospice care in the end of life in patients with terminal illness: Time has come to develop the discipline in India – Guest Bloggers Dr. P.L. Arora and Dr. Z. Arora
New age medical practice: Challenges in a modern world: Guest blogger Dr. Shalini Ratan
Traditional medical practice: Time has changed: Guest blogger Dr. Shalini Ratan
Patient Communication
3 therapies every doctor should prescribe
Bridging the doctor-patient communication gap
Effective patient communication: How to ensure that your patients are really hearing what you are telling them
Engaging patients through effective communication
How to speak your patients’ language for clearer communication
Patient communication: Simplicity is best
The changing behavior of the Indian patient
The importance of communication for health professionals: Guest Blogger Dr. Mohan Lal Jangwal
Types of patients encountered in medical practice: Guest blogger Dr. Shalini Ratan
Understanding the patient in a consultation: Guest blogger Dr. Shalini Ratan
What to do about patients who ramble
What you need to know about communicating with patients through social media and email
Patient Education
Empower patients to take an active role in their care by interpreting medical reports
Enhance patients’ health literacy with audio-visual and face-to-face education
How to tell if a patient has limited health literacy—and what to do about it
How you can teach patients to ask good questions
Indians traveling abroad: Advice physicians can give to their patients
Patient adherence to medication
Should Family Physician Visits Be Made Compulsory for Patients in India, Before They Visit a Specialist for Routine Symptoms? – Guest Blogger Dr. Pragnesh Vachharajani
Target your teaching: How patients learn best
The benefits of referring patients to other patients
What is information therapy?
What you need to know about the new breed of ‘e-patients’—high-tech, informed, and engaged
Why expert patients are the best patients
Why information therapy is a powerful prescription for patients
Patient Interaction
An opinion on second opinions
Create a positive patient experience as the foundation for a successful medical practice
Empowering patients through shared decision making
Harness the power of a positive patient experience to build a successful practice
Healthcare, Doctor, and the Patient: Guest blogger Dr. Shalini Ratan
How to dismiss a patient—the right way
Make Patients Happy: A Simple Alternative to Patient Satisfaction Surveys
System Audit for Small Hospitals: Suggestions for Following NABH Guidelines for Registration and Out Patients
The art of patient care: Guest blogger Dr. Shalini Ratan
The changing face of the doctor-patient relationship
The role of the patient in healthcare quality
Patient Records
How Effective Is Your Medical Documentation?
Need for digitization of health records in private practice
Personal health records make medicine more patient-centered
Why doctors like to dislike electronic health records
Private Practice
Adding ancillary services carries monetary benefits, but poses risks
Before you buy (or lease): What Indian doctors need to know about opening a medical clinic
Real estate costs make launching a practice unaffordable for some
Value of a Pain Relief Clinic with Physiotherapists in a General Outpatient Clinic
Staff & Co-Workers
How to know when the time is right to add another physician to your practice
Teamwork in private medical practice – India
Technology
A blessing in disguise: How you can use patient complaints to your advantage
Are your online passwords safe?
Five free and simple Google tools useful for Indian physicians
Four more Google tools useful for doctors in India
Getting social: How to engage patients through Twitter and Facebook
How technology can boost your efficiency
Internet and Social Media for Doctors
Mobile Medical Apps – Healthcare on Smartphones
Patient flow management revisited: Increase patient satisfaction
Prevention beats cure: What to do about online doctor rating Web sites
Telephonic Consultation: A Family Physician’s Perspective
Wearable Technology in Healthcare: Will It Take Root in India? Guest Blogger Dr. Neelesh Bhandari
What you need to know about the mHealth revolution that’s taking hold in India
Why every doctor in India needs a Web site
Time Management
Advice to maximize your time with medical sales representatives
Maximize your time at medical conferences to create take-home value
To maximize productivity, use benchmarks, delegate tasks, and download free web-based tools
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