Health care is the largest rising industry in the nation. (…)

You may have had the same family practice doctor for a great number of years and just got news that he is about to retire. (…)

Assigning or defining the value of a Family Practice is not something that's easily done. Nor is it something most physicians think about until forced to. (…)

The creation and implementation of an effective employee manual serves several functions in the family practice. (…)

All businesses face challenges and struggles but with today's health care system and its complexity the challenges that family practices face are great and even numerous. (…)

The right staff can make a measurable difference in patient experience, office morale and the family practice bottom line. (…)

It is becoming increasingly difficult for family practice physicians to even obtain medical liability insurance let alone afford it. (…)

The whole system of health care is becoming more and more complex with the exception of family practice doctors. (…)

It has been a long time coming but family practice physicians are finally making the way to the front of the line. It has been a long struggle attempting to gain status quo. (…)

Holding an open house to celebrate events, changes or milestones in a Family Practice can be an excellent means of increasing patient base and community awareness of the practice. (…)

The right office manager can help a family practice thrive. The wrong office manager can result in loss of clients and have everyone in the practice ready to commit homicide. (…)

Many clinic and medical care facilities can tell horror stories about computer software glitches and human error in record management systems that should have lightened the load but instead made it almost unbearable. (…)

Successfully marketing the family practice can be done by several different methods. (…)

More and more people are becoming comfortable in using the Internet and many now have Internet access at home. (…)

Word of mouth spreads the fastest. If a family practice doctor is good enough, people will wait sometimes for hours to see him. However, as word spreads about a doctor so do his patients. (…)

When setting up the family practice, some essential services, including telephone, mail, answering service and medical transcription will need to be addressed. (…)

Goodwill is not just the name of a well known charity. (…)

So many people have filed medical malpractice lawsuits against their doctors that is has affected and had serious implications for family practice doctors in particular. (…)

Tax entity choice can affect family practice in many ways. Making the right choice will help protect both practice and physician. (…)

Starting a family practice is a lot of work. When it comes to office layout and design, taking a little time in the beginning can save both time and work later. (…)