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Business Planning: Not Just For Startups

Nurse Practitioners in Business

It’s an ongoing debate… Some view business planning as essential, whereas others think it’s optional. And some situations may or may not require a business plan. For example: Small, low-risk startups where the business owner has lots of experience or has started a business before.

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Patient Marketing: It Takes More Than Credentials

Nurse Practitioners in Business

The Emotional Side of Healthcare There is one thing true across all businesses, including healthcare Retaining a customer is far less expensive than acquiring a new one. Use Clear Communication Know your patients. EAMP; regular contributor to the NPBusiness blog and author of Smart Business Planning for Clinicians.”

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The First Year: What to Expect When Running a New Nurse Practitioner Practice

Nurse Practitioners in Business

This is an exciting milestone, but lets face ityour first year in business is going to be a whirlwind. Market online using social media and Google My Business. Personalize communication: Use SMS or email appointment reminders. Join Communities: Look for NP associations, business networking groups, or online forums.

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Team Communication

Emerging RN Leader

Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Poor communication skills in healthcare environments can lead to medical errors, fragmented care, poor team coordination, and incivility. Most problems that occur in teams are traceable back to challenges with communication.

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How Customer-Centric is Your Practice, Business, or Organization?

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Turns out, the owner who does the scheduling insists on using email to communicate with customers, even though he’s been told and asked to use the phone to keep customers informed. Train them to improve communication skills, empathy, and patient engagement. And don’t make them do any extra work to do business with you.

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Late Arrivals, No-Shows? Effective Strategies for NPs

Nurse Practitioners in Business

However, to effectively manage these problems, you need a unified approach of clear policies, proactive and open communication, and a good dose of patient education. Clearly Communicate Your Policies: Explain your policies when patients first establish with your office. Does that mean you cant do anything about it? No, of course not!

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Business Acumen in Healthcare Training

American Medical Compliance

Business Acumen in Healthcare Training is designed to equip healthcare providers (HCPs) with essential financial literacy skills to make informed and responsible financial decisions. What You Will Learn: Making strategic decisions Business decisions and financial planning Details: Course length: 25 minutes; CME: 0.25