"And listen while you work
     Come on get smart, tune up and start
     to listen while you work"

(with apologies to "Whistle while you work" from Disney's Snow White - is there a theme to my blog posts??)

Not all of the physicians I have been speaking to or corresponding with are eager to leave their medical practices for alternative businesses. Some love the practice of medicine so much that they cannot imagine doing anything else. However, they are feeling some despair about how to run a viable, profitable and business-like practice.

If you are one of these doctors eager to spiff up your practice, here's a great resource for you. The Journal of Medical Practice Management has a separate website, called SoundPractice.net, that offers a wealth of complimentary podcasts on many different aspects of practice management.

This one, entitled Kick-Starting your Practice, is 13 minutes of solidly practice advice for any physician or office manager who is motivated to putting some significant effort into taking their medical practice to the next level of organization and efficiency.

After all, 2007 is just around the corner - and you may just want to create some powerful intentions for the New Year!

I'd recommend you check out their library and see what titles catch your eye - there is enough "meat" on those bones to keep you gnawing for quite some time! You can listen to the podcasts on your computer or download them to an mp3 player for increase portability.

PS: For those of you unfamiliar with what a podcast is, it is audio content (stuff you can actually listen to on your computer or download to an mp3 player) that is automatically "pushed" to you if you sign up to receive updates (a blog is the "written content" equivalent of a podcast). Instead of you having to go to a website to see if they have any audio content for you to listen to, you can check you "feedreader" on your desktop, such as My Yahoo, Google Reader etc, and in some cases be notified by email if that option is offered.