Hear In Private Practice

We reach out to physicians by sending monthly fax and email educational pieces.  Our Audiologist Diana Holan, MS, wrote this section for a recent physician outreach.  I wanted to pass it along in today’s post. Incidence of hearing loss as a side effect of chemotherapy (i.e. cisplatin and carboplatin) is well documented, although it usually is reported only for patients

In our practice, we have been including installed home loops with the purchase of T coil equipped hearing aids for 10 years. We find that our patients are happier with their devices since they can once again successfully hear and enjoy watching TV.   Our return rates are reduced and our patients are more likely to tell their friends about

For this series on pricing strategies, we have analyzed the historical perspective on the development of retail prices, finding your own “magic formula”, and looked at the individual considerations that should be a part of that formula (e.g., warranty, invoice cost, accessories, cost-of-living adjustments).  For the past few posts we have been discussing the ethical use of manufacturer loyalty programs

As clinicians, whether we are dispensers or audiologists, most of the people we come into contact with ask us about the effects of medication on hearing and balance.  We also query patients on their medications as part of the the history taking portion of diagnostic evaluations. But how many of us look up each medication?  We are familiar with some

So, here I am in Boston waiting for the 24th Annual AudiologyNow, doing my work sabbatical and catching up on old projects.  I discussed this concept a few weeks ago, a practice I started several years ago in order to actually complete the goals which never seems to happen when I’m in my office.  For me, this is a vacation

There are many ways I could go with a title. But this time it does not consist of a bug looking back at you, moving around in your ear canal, making it sound like there is a bass drum in your ear! As I continue with certain conditions we may encounter during the course of our practices, this week I

This series of articles on pricing strategies has analyzed the historical perspective on the development of retail prices, discussed finding your own “magic formula,” and looked at the individual considerations that should be a part of that formula (e.g., warranty, invoice cost, accessories, cost-of-living adjustments).  Two weeks ago, I began the topic of using manufacturer loyalty programs ethically, specifically for

Some of the patients you serve may have recurrent otitis externa for which no medication seems to help.  In this situation, the real culprit may be eczema in the external ear canal.  The medical term is chronic eczematous external otitis.  Sometimes the only symptom will be itching or pain in the ear canal, with no flaking or visible inflammation. It is

Just to review, in part 1 of this series I reviewed my own personal history in the development of sound retail pricing strategies that would best serve my practice and my patients. In part 2, I discussed finding the right “magic formula” and the various formulas I had seen other practices use, including the possible pitfalls of each of them.

 I’d like to take an interlude this week from my series on pricing concepts to share a concept that, while not unique, is something that those in private practice should seriously consider:  the work sabbatical. I started taking work sabbaticals several years ago.  At AAA in Salt Lake City (2004) I met a guy named Greg who quickly became a