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Cybersecurity Tips for Surgical Practices
December 28, 2020Surgical practices spend so much time worrying about running afoul of HIPAA legislation that it can be easy to overlook the importance of cybersecurity. However, it’s not something to be taken lightly. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report,...
The Case for Centralized Scheduling
November 18, 2020Everyone loves one-on-one attention, but when it comes to surgeries, centralized scheduling may be the way forward. Having a dedicated scheduler for each case is not necessarily the best way to navigate the system. That’s because the surgical scheduling process...
Is Your Surgical Practice Prepared for a Second Wave
October 12, 2020We’re all getting used to the idea that corona is here to stay. So as schools reopen around the country and winter creeps in, it’s clear we could be looking at a second surge that could bring our new normal...
Why Surgical Practices Are Merging
October 8, 2020Size doesn’t always matter, but when it comes to surgical practices, more and more practices are joining forces to create larger and more formidable medical entities. And there’s a good reason this has become one of the hottest trends of...
Fears, Finances, and Faces: Seven Trends Emerging in Elective Surgery from COVID-19
September 17, 2020The global pandemic has sent us all on an unpredictable ride, with no real end in sight. Worldwide, we are doing our best to adapt to living with the numerous challenges this brings, while holding our breath and hoping that...
The Cost of Pausing Elective Surgery
September 1, 2020When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the U.S. by force in March, elective surgery was paused while doctors and hospitals fought on the frontlines of the battle against coronavirus. While there were hopes that the coronavirus crisis could pass swiftly, six...
Healthcare Terms and Their Origins: Making Sense of Doctor Speak
July 30, 2020Doctors have a language all of their own that’s basically Greek to most non-medical folk. Given that the Greeks founded modern medicine — cue the Hippocratic Oath — it’s no surprise that many common medical words actually originate from Greek....
How to Encourage Patients to Have Surgery Amid COVID-19
July 15, 2020As many states across the country have opened up and the “new normal” becomes just “normal,” the number of elective surgeries taking place remains lower than the average pre-COVID-19. Despite assumptions that patients would be banging down the doors to...
Navigating the “New Normal”: How to Safely Open Your Surgical Practice
June 8, 2020It’s been a tough few months, but there are glimmers of hope that things are graduating to a new, but different normal. With these changes, elective surgery has gone from total shutdown to starting up again at various levels across...