The best way I know of to help a practice is to use benchmarking.  Let’s face it, as doctors we are very smart and very opinionated.  It’s hard to listen to other people, especially if they don’t know as much as we do.

However, the way to success is to surround yourself with people who are smarter than you in the crucial areas so they challenge you to become better.

At Ultimate Practice Builder we compare your practice to similar US based practices and see where you are stronger and where you are weaker.  Then we have an objective basis to understand the best way to move your practice forward.

I think this is critical given the current healthcare challenges. (I hate to use the word ‘crisis’.)  Many people think the small independent practice will go away in the not too distant future because they will not be able to survive financially.  That would be a shame for me because I am much too independent and stubborn to work for someone else.  I am totally unemployable, if you want to know the truth.

If you have a medical practice and you are interested in the benchmarking data we provide, email us to find out how you can get that for your practice at no charge.

David Zahaluk, MD is a practice optimization expert and the author of The Ultimate Practice Building Book.  His firm, Ultimate Practice Builder, takes physicians to the top 10% of their specialty – in income, time off and quality indicators - within 3 years… guaranteed.  Learn more at www.UltimatePracticeBuilder.com.

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