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Reaping the rewards of better management
Author(s) -
Orpin Peter
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.31.2.84
Subject(s) - work (physics) , practice management , business , quiet , service (business) , operations management , clinical practice , quality (philosophy) , business practice , process management , marketing , management , public relations , medicine , nursing , engineering , economics , political science , business administration , family medicine , mechanical engineering , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics
IN recent years, the profession has undergone a ‘quiet revolution’. Increasing pressures on practice profits have been driven by a reduction in medicines margins and increasing employment, diagnostic technology and fixed costs. The expansion and development of larger group practices with clearer business plans and focus has introduced new business challenges for the traditional smaller practice that has typically focused on providing a service for the client and the quality of clinical work as its route to success. In this article, Peter Orpin suggests how practice management skills can be improved to cope with the changing requirements of business.