Challenges of Practice Ownership: Staffing
Challenges of Practice Ownership: Staffing Over the past two weeks we have explored various challenges that practice owners are faced with. The challenges we have discussed so far have been the industry competition and compliance, with this three-part series wrapping up with the common challenge of staffing. Staffing “Staffing” itself is a very broad challenge […]
Challenges of Practice Ownership: Compliance
Challenges of Practice Ownership: Compliance Medical practices and centres face many different challenges, like any small business. Some of these challenges are common throughout each industry, and others are industry specific. Compliance and Accreditation Healthcare centres and practices come with a long list of compliance requirements. In a highly regulated and high-risk industry, such as […]
Challenges of Practice Ownership: Competition
Challenges of Practice Ownership: Competition No matter whether you are a small business owner or a practice owner and operator, there are issues that can be faced if there is no appropriate planning. Medical businesses are not exempt from the issues other businesses face, and with some insight into the three main types of issues, […]
Let’s Take A Tour Through Australia’s Modern Hospitals
More Than Just Creating Space, Its Influencing Experience Across the globe, the understanding and recognition of design’s potential are growing, as more realise it is not only about creating a space but also influencing the experiences within these spaces. With this growing understanding, today’s hospitals are a far cry from the utilitarian buildings of yesteryear. […]
Importance of Vision and Strategy Meetings
Okay, so you would like to create a new medical practice or refit your current one, but do you know where to start? Have you thought about the importance of defining the vision and strategy for this project first? A vision and strategy meeting is the facilitation of formalised and documented businesses management processes, which […]
Designing For Mental Health
This article first appeared in the Private Practice. In each year, approximately one in every five Australians will experience a mental illness(1) while globally, an estimated 300 million people are currently affected by depression, 47.5 million people have dementia and close to 800 000 people die due to suicide every year, with suicide rated the second leading […]
Demographic Practice Design
It is essential to style your practice to suit your local dynamic demographic to ensure comfort and care for patients. In an era of ATM’s, self-checkouts and faceless foreign call centres, in a time where it is often easier to communicate across the globe than across the street via new and ever-improving technology, fewer and […]
The Future Of Healthcare Spaces
This article was first published in the Private Practice. It doesn’t seem so long ago that Channel 7’s ‘Beyond 2000’ drew the Australian populace in on a weekly basis, with its raft of reporters featuring technological innovations supposed to improve our lives, as well as be widely available soon after that notable historical junction. Now, having […]
The Complete Guide To Choosing Your Clinic’s Location
For a doctor, choosing the location of the clinic is almost as difficult deciding your specialised branch of study! A good location for your clinic can take your medical practice to new heights, while an average location could keep you frustrated by lack of exposure which could be detrimental. Given the importance of location plays, […]
Designing On-Site Health And Wellness Areas
The future of workplace design hangs in the balance as many company HR executives are beginning to truly understand the need for environments that promote health and wellness for employees. No More Grey Cubicles Gone are the days of dull grey cubicles arranged in cramped sections that created an entire generation of mentally and physically […]