So you decided to take the plunge and start your own medical practice. You’re in the minority these days. Most new graduates look to join an existing practice. But if you are an individualist, who wants to see your vision come to fruition, it can be a bit like running a marathon: hard work, but satisfying.
Here are the 10 main things to consider when starting a medical practice.
1. What are your personal and professional goals?
2. What is your ideal office location and design?
3. Have you obtained all relevant licences?
4. Do you require financing? Have you spoken to a financial advisor?
5. Have you determined your insurance needs? You’ll require mal practice insurance (contact the Canadian Medical Protective Association), business and personal insurance. OMA Insurance is an excellent source. For more information (contact: info@ OMAinsurance.com).
6. Have you determined how many staff you will need to run an effective practice?
7. Have you selected professional advisors (e.g. accountant, lawyers, etc.)?
8. Have you thought about the medical office systems you will require?
(e.g., filing system or electronic medical record system, telephone system/service provider, accounting/billing system, etc.)?
9. Will you lea se or purchase medical supplies, equipment and furniture (e.g., exam beds, diagnostic equipment, etc.)?
10. Have you established a source(s) for office supplies, equipment and furniture (e.g., prescription pad s, appointment/business cards, letterhead, desks, waiting room chairs, etc.)?
11. Contract a medical answering service to help you with all your calls.
Shared from OMA.org
How a Medical Answering Service Works!
All of your lines are busy, the office is closed, your nursing staff can’t get to the phone or you have a limited ability to constantly have a local employee sitting at the front desk. Whatever your reason may be it’s likely that you still require calls for the doctor or nurse to be handled by a live receptionist. Something as easy as activating your call forwarding service allows your callers to instantly appreciate live customer service 24 hours a day.
A patient or healthcare professional dials your number and is forwarded to Cititel’s live operator. Using highly advanced call center software, Cititel will answer that phone call in the name of your healthcare practice. The person speaks with the live receptionist just as though they were your own receptionist or nurse. Our live operator ask a series of questions which are layered according to the callers questions and answers. Upon completing the call the system compares it against the doctor’s protocol for each message and it is then delivered according to the instructions of the hospital or doctors input.
Messages can be sent to multiple email addresses, text to .cell phones or even accessed anytime by web based applications.
For more information about our Medical Answering Services, please call us: 1.888.923.2533, send us an email to: info@cititel.com or request an online quote here.
