Vantage Clinical Solutions exists to provide entrepreneurship, innovation, and thought leadership to the practice of healthcare. Vantage provides consulting, practice management, and ownership programs for small to medium-sized healthcare practices throughout the U.S., and contributes regular business and practice management editorials to healthcare publications, weblogs, and Vantage News.
In this newsletter:
1. Vantage In The News - Vantage Clinical Solutions was featured in the cover story of the June issue of PT Magazine, a publication of the American Physical Therapy Association which distributes to a readership of more than 65,000 physical therapists nationwide.
2. Practice Management Software: Is It Right For My Practice? - Read an article published in the April 2008 issue of Impact, authored by Vantage principal, Tannus Quatre.
3. Vantage Partners With Denver Consulting Firm - Vantage Clinical Solutions has partnered with Pinnacle Consulting and Management Services, LLC of Denver, CO to expand its depth of consulting and management talent, as well as to provide improved services to Vantage clients in the Midwest U.S.
4. Online Doctor Ratings Pose Threats to Physicians - "Social networking," as it's known online, has made it easy to speak freely about products and services experienced by consumers in the workplace. New physician rating websites bring this tool to healthcare, posing some significant opportunities and threats to healthcare providers. Read more at the Vantage Clinical Solutions blog, The Healthcare Entrepreneur.
1. Vantage In The News - Vantage principals Tannus Quatre and Kyle Fleischmann were featured in the cover story of the June 2008 issue of PT Magazine for their perspectives on the topic of "healthcare consumerism."
Healthcare consumerism is a relatively new trend in healthcare in which practices are acknowledging that patients truly have a choice of provider in today's healthcare marketplace, and should be increasingly be treated as "consumers" rather than as passive recipients of a their healthcare services.
Recognized as consumers, patients are being given additional options as pertains to their healthcare and are increasingly receiving care in environments that more resemble health spas than traditional healthcare centers.
This is a significant move toward putting the patient at the center of their healthcare universe, a trend that is improving the healthcare experience for many patients throughout the U.S.
2. Practice Management Software: Is It Right For My Practice? - More and more small to medium-sized practices are making the move toward a practice management software solution. And while the benefits of moving to an electronic solution are profound for most practices, the value of such solutions may not be exactly where one might expect.
In this article by Vantage principal, Tannus Quatre, published in the April 2008 issue of Impact, the core benefits of time savings, error reduction, and speed of communication are discussed as pertains to the small to medium-sized healthcare practice.
3. Vantage Partners with Denver Consulting Firm - Vantage Clinical Solutions is proud to announce that it has formed a business relationship with the Denver, CO consulting firm, Pinnacle Consulting and Management Services, LLC. Founded by Andrew Levy PT, MBA, Pinnacle brings to Vantage clients significant depth in the areas of practice management, insurance contracting and practice startup.
The Vantage-Pinnacle relationship also brings to Vantage an improved ability to serve the Midwest U.S. private practice market with consulting, practice management and ownership services. Read more about Pinnacle on our Partners page and learn more about Andy on the Vantage People page.
4. Online Doctor Ratings Pose Threats to Physicians - We've all heard of MySpace, Facebook, and a number of other "social networking" websites available online that provide the internet users with the ability to communicate and share information. Complete "online communities" have been built around this type of online platform, allowing for open communication between internet users in a way that is relatively anonymous and protected.
This technology has made its way to the consumer market through websites such as Epinions.com and Yahoo! Local, providing consumers a place to "hang out" and share stories about some of their most favorite (and least favorite) merchants and retailers.
Recently these communities have entered the healthcare arena through websites such as DrScore.com and RateMDs.com. This trend toward the largely unregulated and anonymous rating of healthcare providers online is cause for concern for providers who's reputation now lies in the mouse-holding hands of any patient with access to the web.
This post on the Vantage Clinical Solutions blog, The Healthcare Entrepreneur, comments on this social networking trend in healthcare.
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