Your Practice Made Perfect

Episode 136: That One Time We Forgot a Kid

May 10th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  25 mins 6 secs

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When you're balancing a thousand things between work and family - there's a chance you might just forget a kid. Tune in to this episode where we get personal with Dr. Katrina Hood, a dedicated pediatrician who is married to a physician and has raised three healthy and successful kids while seemingly juggling it all with grace. Dr. Hood shares some insight and tips for maintaining that balance when it seems like the responsibilities are never-ending, and your family and your patients both deserve your undivided attention.

Episode 135: Managing and Measuring your Revenue Cycle - What's the Difference?

April 14th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  13 mins 36 secs

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The healthcare revenue cycle management is the process used by healthcare systems to track revenue from patients. For someone who is new to this process, it is important to understand the differences between managing and measuring the revenue cycle. Join us as we discuss the ins and outs of practice requests, the process of a revenue assessment and a look at the different resources SVMIC offers your practice.

Episode 134: Employees Have Lifecycles Too

March 17th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  25 mins 54 secs

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Yes - employee's have lifecycles too! From the moment a position is determined necessary to the moment that employee resigns, retires or otherwise leaves the position, there are stages throughout the lifecycle of that employee's time with you. Join us as we discuss that lifecycle along with some common HR questions with our very own Steve Dickens - someone who has helped practices with this very topic for over 20 years.

Episode 133: Business Continuity to Ensure Disaster Recovery

February 16th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  18 mins 44 secs

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Plan for the worst while expecting the best. A "disaster" can encompass a variety of situations, but in the healthcare world it's really anything that can keep you from providing patient care. Join us as we dig into the importance of building a business continuity plan so that if or when a disaster strikes, your practice has a plan to keep your business moving as smoothly as possible, and you have a plan to get you through the recovery phase.

Episode 132: OSHA Basics in the Medical Practice

January 13th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  15 mins 26 secs

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What exactly does OSHA mean to a practice and how do you implement an OSHA program? Tune in to this episode for a quick synopsis from SVMIC's own Leslie Snider on some practical tips for ensuring you are taking the necessary steps to remain OSHA compliant, and some reasonable action items for getting an OSHA program in place for your practice.

Episode 131: Litigation, Depositions, and Preparing for Trial

November 22nd, 2022  |  Season 1  |  26 mins 39 secs

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In this episode, we revisit some past content focusing on malpractice lawsuits. We will bring back some great conversations with highly qualified guests that discuss preparing yourself as a defendant, the ins and outs of depositions, and a highlight of the trial process.

Episode 130: Every Player Matters

October 20th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  20 mins

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No one team member matters more than the other - despite what the jobs entail. Every job within a medical practice serves an important role in keeping the practice running smoothly. In this episode, we compile past conversations with varying guests that revolve around treating your team well, leading with respect, and working well with others. Join us as we recap some of those helpful tips.

Episode 129: Self-Care in a Time of Great Burnout

September 16th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  24 mins 32 secs

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Discover, cope, and dig your way out - that's the hamster wheel many healthcare providers find themselves in when it comes to burnout. Given the especially hectic times in today's medical world, we felt it appropriate to revisit some past conversations with physicians who both specialized in burnout, and lived through their own burnout experiences. Join us as we reshare some helpful tips and advice for overcoming that long-term stress reaction that results in feeling burnt out.

Episode 128: Relationships Hold the Key

August 12th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  21 mins 44 secs

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In this episode, we revisit prior conversations regarding the importance of physician and patient relationships. The health of these relationships plays a key role in successful office visits and overall patient satisfaction. This episode touches upon tips to help you bring your best self to your practice! Conversations with Dr. Kevin Pho, Dr. Rebekah Bernard, and Dr. Scott Fowler are revisited.

Episode 127: Evolving Your Practice with the Ages

July 15th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  18 mins 9 secs

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SVMIC's Katie Musacchio walks us through prior episodes that reveal tips and insights on the future of technology in the healthcare world post-pandemic. We hear from SVMIC's Michael Cash on details about telemedicine since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with his predictions for what the future may hold. We also hear conversations from an episode on Clinical IT with Dr. Kevin Johnson. He zones in on ways to utilize evolving technology in order to help patients in the future. Robbie Morris joined us in 2020 to speak on security and privacy tips for medical practice staff. Each full-length episode featured in today's show is linked in the show notes.

Episode 126: Juries Get Good Medicine

June 17th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  12 mins 18 secs

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In today's closed claim episode, host J. Baugh sits down with Stephanie Deupree, a senior claims attorney at SVMIC. This case entails complications with a 74-year-old female who underwent a robotic Nissen fundoplication with hiatal hernia repair. Together, J. and Stephanie take us through the details in which documentation was essential in order to secure a defense verdict in a very sympathetic case.

Episode 125: Addiction Knows No Boundaries

May 20th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  22 mins 25 secs

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Episode 124: Physician Well-Being and Pandemic Burnout

April 22nd, 2022  |  Season 1  |  34 mins 47 secs

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Now more than ever, physicians need to focus on their own well-being and stress management. To guide our conversation, we speak with Dr. Charlene Dewey about best approaches and prevention advice for dealing with mental health in the midst of a pandemic.

Episode 123: Security Incident Response – Part 3

March 11th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  23 mins 23 secs

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In the final installment of our three-part series on Cybersecurity, Justin Joy sits down with host J. Baugh to chat about how best to respond to security incidents and the rules around breach notifications.

Episode 122: Using Technology to Secure Your System

February 10th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  26 mins 26 secs

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In part two of our three-part series on Cybersecurity, we join IT security expert Brian Johnson to discuss how to utilize technology to protect your systems from threats and attacks.

Episode 121: Security Risk and Cybersecurity – Part 1

January 14th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  20 mins 16 secs

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In part one of our three-part series on Cybersecurity, Loretta Verbeck chats with J. Baugh about Security Risk Analysis and how it applies to medical practices in today’s world.