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Managing staff

How exit interviews support your management

July 12, 2019

By Paul Edwards  bio Does your practice use exit interviews safely and beneficially? Small practices do not need to conduct these interviews in person—in fact, you shouldn't! However, making an attempt to gather exit interview perspectives from every departing employee can help support your management actions and protect the practice. The steps you should take depend … [Read more...] about How exit interviews support your management

The duty to accommodate the religious beliefs of employees & job applicants

July 12, 2019

Federal and state laws ban employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of religion. Mere tolerance of religious differences in the workplace isn't enough to comply. Employers must also take affirmative steps to accommodate religious beliefs to the point of undue hardship. The EEOC is contending that the hospital's refusal to let the worker wear a mask instead … [Read more...] about The duty to accommodate the religious beliefs of employees & job applicants

Roundtable discussions focus on ‘whatever anybody needs help with’

July 12, 2019

Staff meetings are important, but they aren't enough, says Martha King, practice manager of Portland Surgical Associates in Portland, ME. Generally, staff meetings cover things staff don't have a hand in. What King has found is that staff also need time to discuss operational matters and talk about "whatever anybody needs help with." So for those other things, King holds … [Read more...] about Roundtable discussions focus on ‘whatever anybody needs help with’

Employee incentive program increases number of patient well exams—and practice revenue

July 12, 2019

Pediatric Medical Group of Santa Maria, located in Santa Maria, CA, has found a way to quadruple the amount of well child and well baby exams at its office. "In the past, we always ran a recall report and had our staff call patients that were due for well exams," Camille Gamble, practice manager, tells Medical Office Manager. Although the process seemed to work okay, … [Read more...] about Employee incentive program increases number of patient well exams—and practice revenue

TOOL: Model Religious Accommodations Policy

July 12, 2019

Mere tolerance of religious differences in the workplace isn't enough. Federal and state discrimination laws also require employers to take affirmative steps to accommodate the religious beliefs of employees and job applicants to the point of undue hardship. The starting point for compliance is implementing an accommodations policy. Here's a model you can adapt for your own lab … [Read more...] about TOOL: Model Religious Accommodations Policy

Traps to avoid: Giving ex-practice employees access to PHI

July 5, 2019

Your medical office staff understands the imperative of safeguarding personal health information (PHI) and wouldn't let strangers roam about the facilities freely. But it's easy for them to lower their guard when a former employee comes back to the practice, e.g., to pick up a final paycheck or just make a social call. Ex-employees are a common and virulent privacy threat, even … [Read more...] about Traps to avoid: Giving ex-practice employees access to PHI

Telecommuters not working out? It’s not the flexibility that’s the problem; it’s your training program

June 28, 2019

Are you seeing a surge in low morale and unproductivity among your remote workers? Research suggests that it may be your lack of strategy and training that's to blame, not the flexibility. According to new national research from the Flex+Strategy Group (FSG), major corporations such as IBM may have gotten it wrong when they cited remote work as a barrier to innovation and … [Read more...] about Telecommuters not working out? It’s not the flexibility that’s the problem; it’s your training program

How one medical center created their dream schedule

June 28, 2019

At Barnard Medical Center in Washington, DC, the staff and physicians worked together to create a schedule that meets of the patients, as well as the practice's working parents. Melissa Gohacki, the practice manager, explains how the schedule was designed. I work at a small primary care office- two physicians and two NPs. One of the physicians is married to one of the NPs, and … [Read more...] about How one medical center created their dream schedule

These 7 ergonomic basics can make your staff healthier and happier

June 28, 2019

Ergonomics is good economics. When the work areas are in sync with the people spending their days in them, there's no time lost to sick days and no money lost to low productivity, says Hayley Kaye, a certified professional ergonomist with HLK Consulting in New York City. Achieving that calls for attention to the desks, telephones, and chairs. But it also calls for teaching … [Read more...] about These 7 ergonomic basics can make your staff healthier and happier

Not just another HR story

June 21, 2019

By Lynne Curry  bio Which do you believe? ☑ You can't trust anyone in HR: they'll get you talking, look sympathetic, but then turn everything you say over to management; ☑ HR is a luxury we don't need when we need all our budget resources to pay the employees who produce; ☑ HR = a partnership for managers, employees & organizations; ☑ HR = lots of talk + … [Read more...] about Not just another HR story

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