Events-Planner: December 2008

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Events-Planner: December 2008

DECEMBER 2008

Staff Writers

“Keeping track of important health economics and financial industry meetings, conferences and summits”.

Welcome to this issue of the Medical Executive-Post and our Events-Planner. It contains the latest information on conferences, news, and relevant resources in healthcare finance, economics, research and development, business management, pharmaceutical pricing, and physician/entity reimbursement!  Watch for a new Events-Planner each month.

First, a little about us; the Executive-Post is still a newcomer – we’ve just turned 1 years old!  Today, the website has almost 10,000 visitors per month from all over the country. We have been a successful collaborative effort, thanks to your contributions.  As a result, we are adding new resources daily.  And, we hope the website continues to provide the best place to go for journals, books, conferences, educational resources, tools, and other things you need to establish the value your healthcare consulting and advisory intervention.
So, enjoy the Executive-Post and our monthly Events-Planner with our compliments. 

 

A Look Ahead this Month

December 1: Print Edition Healthcare Journalism: If you would like to “step-up-your-game” and be considered as a peer-reviewed contributor to the third print edition of: The Business of Medical Practice [Advanced Profit Maximizing Techniques for Savvy Doctors];  contact Ann at: MarcinkoAdvisors@msn.com. There are several chapter topics still available. Now, the important dates:

Dec 2: Executive Forum on the Patient Centered Medical Home, World Congress Center, Washington, DC.

Dec 4: Medical Financial Management, Financial Research Assocs, Chicago, Ill.

Dec 4: Annual World Healthcare Innovation & Technology Conference [WHIT 4.0] World Congress Center, Washington, DC.

Dec 4: Annual Forum on Medical Device and Diagnostic Reimbursement  and Medicare Coverage , Centers for Business Intelligence, San Diego, CA.

Dec 7-11:  ASHP Midyear Meeting, Orlando, FLA.

Dec 8-10: World Healthcare Innovation & Technology Congress (provider and payer technology).

Dec 9-11: Health Technology Assessment World Europe, London, UK.

Dec 10-12: Course on Advanced Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, St. Annes College, Oxford UK.

Please send in your meetings and dates for listing in the next issue of our Events-Planner.

MarcinkoAdvisors@msn.com

Related Information Sources:

Practice Management: http://www.springerpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=23759

Physician Financial Planning: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763745790

Medical Risk Management: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/9780763733421

Healthcare Organizations: www.HealthcareFinancials.com

Health Administration Terms: www.HealthDictionarySeries.com

Physician Advisors: www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com

Speaker: If you need a moderator or speaker for an upcoming event, Dr. David E. Marcinko; MBA – Publisher-in-Chief of the Executive-Post – is available for seminar or speaking engagements. Contact: MarcinkoAdvisors@msn.com  or Bio: www.stpub.com/pubs/authors/MARCINKO.htm

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JIT and Medical Office Process Efficiency

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Augmenting Labor and Human Resource Efficiency

By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™

Much of what is done in Just-In-Time [JIT] labor control is aimed at reducing the doctor’s wait time (radiographs, veni-puncture, urinalysis, vital signs, cast changes, etc.), the patient’s wait time (check-ins, check-outs, insurance verification, etc.), the move time (procedure set-up time, referrals, transportation, etc.) and quality time (education, emotional support and hand-holding); all increasing total actual patient service treatment time.

Summation Equation

This patient service time can be expressed as the sum of four parts:

Treatment Time                                        

(+) Wait Time

(+) Move Time

(+) Quality Time

Total Time: (Efficient or Inefficient)

Treatment Time is Key

Only the patient’s treatment time (doctor-patient interaction) adds value to the medical service. Wait, move and quality time are all non-value added services and should be eliminated to the extent possible, as they represent needless time and cost. All can, and should, be performed by non-physician personnel.

Labor JIT

When correctly applied, medical office HR JIT may reasonably be expected to yield the following benefits:

  • Greater doctor and employee productivity through improved office physical layout.
  • Reduced treatment and business management time resulting in the potential to see more patients – or – the same number of patients with less time urgency and personal stress.
  • Inventories of durable goods are reduced and expensive storage space is made available for revenue generating activities.
  • Patient quality and services are rendered in a cost effective and value added manner.

Conclusion

As always, your thoughts and comments on this Medical Executive-Post are appreciated.

Related Information Sources:

Practice Management: http://www.springerpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=23759

Physician Financial Planning: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763745790

Medical Risk Management: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/9780763733421

Healthcare Organizations: www.HealthcareFinancials.com

Health Administration Terms: www.HealthDictionarySeries.com

Physician Advisors: www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com

Speaker: If you need a moderator or speaker for an upcoming event, Dr. David E. Marcinko; MBA – Publisher-in-Chief of the Executive-Post – is available for seminar or speaking engagements. Contact: MarcinkoAdvisors@msn.com  or Bio: www.stpub.com/pubs/authors/MARCINKO.htm

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