Scaling Your Health Practice

Welcome to today's Practice Minute. Today's topic is about Staying Healthy with a busy practice. Often doctors and therapists work hard in their practice helping others but let their own health habits decline. Over the years this can take a toll on your health and work. . Stress, poor eating habits, and a lack of exercise can wear down your energy and shorten your career. In this episode Dr. Yurki...

Today’s practice minute is on vacations. You may be just coming back from a vacation but now is the best time to plan for your next one. I think everyone needs a vacation. I know when you just start out you are focused on growing the practice. But then you start to get busy and years go by before you take a vacation. I have found that taking 4-5 weeks off a year is best especially if you have a fa...

In today's Practice Minute Dr. Cary Yurkiw, DC shares why social media is so important to you and your practice. People want to know more about their health and you have valuable information to share with them. They also want to know what your practice is like and what you do in your practice because some of them want to become patients of yours and others may want to become a professional like yo...

Today’s Practice Minute: How the first consulting call for the year goes Today I talked to one of my clients who wants to grow her practice this year. The outline of our call was: How to get more organic growth in the clinic from existing patients How to share your knowledge inside and out of your clinic in the form of a talk or seminar How to promote what you do on Social Media including all plat...

Welcome to today's Practice Minute. I'm Dr. Cary Yurkiw, DC, and today we are talking about New Patient Procedures. A good handshake, eye contact, and a warm smile goes a long way toward making new patients feel welcome in your clinic and start a healthy relationship. Text me your questions : 250-486-0062 If you need some help please contact me for your Initial Consultation. Use coupon code "2020"...

Welcome to today's Practice Minute. I'm Dr. Cary Yurkiw, DC, and today we are talking about “Action”. Now that you've made some goals for 2020 and have New Year's Resolutions it's time to take action. This can be the hardest and scariest part especially not knowing what the outcome will be and the possibility of failure. Enjoy the process, you will accomplish most of your goals but I know from run...

Today's topic is perfect for the last one of the year.  It's about giving!   My general rule of thumb is to give 10% of my net profits back before doing anything else with your money. If your clinic is interested in becoming a client of True North Practice Management use code "NEWDECADE" for 15% off your initial consultation before January 7, 2020! www.truenorthpracticemanagement.com Instagram: @T...

Today's Practice Minute is planning the next 10 years in your Practice and Life. When you set goals for the next 10 years make them overly ambitious.  Think really big because a lot can get done over a 10-year period. Reflect back over the last 10 years. How did it go for you? What went well add what did not go as well? What did you learn from the last 10 years and how did you grow? Where do you w...

Locum and Relief Doctors and Therapists are good for your practice.  They cover for you when you are away and are a better option than closing your clinic or asking associates to cover.  The benefit of having a locum or relief professional is your patient's continue to be treated while you are away, the overhead in the office is covered and new patients can come to your practice while you are away...

Dr. Cary Yurkiw, DC from True North Practice Management discusses raising your rates in the clinic.   Over his 26 years of practice he found that the end of the year is a good time to think about raising the rates with changes made for January 1st of the following year.  If you need help with your practice growth, use code 2019 for 10% off your initial consultation until December 31, 2019 website:...

Dr. Cary Yurkiw, DC talks about how he does health talks to the public to increase awareness about his service.   If you want to raise your public profile, public speaking is a good way to do that.  It will lead to more new patients and your clinic will grow.   Dr. Yurkiw discusses how he chooses a topic and lays out a structure for a Powerpoint.    He talks about how to organize slides and images...

Dr. Yurkiw, DC explains how he helps people with headaches in his clinic.   He does a history to understand where the headaches came from, an examination, he checks the alignment, and then gives the patient a diagnosis.  He reviews a treatment plan with the patient and follows up with re-examinations to let the patient know how they are progressing.  He also gives the patient lifestyle changes to...

Now is the time to plan for 2020.   Have a staff meeting and plan for the next 12 months  Go to seminars quarterly and plan 2-4 weeks off next year.  Plan to share what know on social media and get your staff involved in the process.   Plan any renovations you may want to do to make the clinic more attractive and efficient.  And you may want to add professional or administrative staff to your team...

Today's show is about how to assess and manage shoulder pain as a health practitioner.   Dr. Yurkiw explains how he assesses shoulder pain, gives a recommendation for care to a patient, and then follows up.   He does take a call from an athlete concerned about pain in their shoulder.  Make sure to follow us on iTunes, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.  Also DM us if you have any questions!

Today's message is about Finding your True North in Practice and Life.   Why did you become a Health Professional?  What do you want to do with your career and life?  This is one of my first steps with a new client.

Scheduling patients properly is important for any health professional.  A well organized schedule helps to make a day go smoother and allows for growth.   In this podcast, Dr. Yurkiw, DC explains how to block book appointments, and how separate special appointments from a block like exams, re-exams, x-rays, etc.  For individual help with your practice, DM us for an initial consultation.

Leadership is important in practice.   Good leadership puts other people first.   This applies to how your treat your patients, staff and people in your community.  This audio recording is taken from my book called "Success in Private Practice" which will be released soon on Amazon and Audible.

In this episode, Dr. Yurkiw explains why Mission and Vision are so important for a Health Care Practice.