Medical Practice Management Podcast and Blog Site SoundPractice.net Huge Success Facilitates New Design
In just 12 weeks since its May 2005 launch, SoundPractice.net (www.soundpractice.net), has established itself as the undisputed leader for medical practice podcast and editorial content and, as a result, redesigned its site to stay ahead of the RSS curve.
Phoenix, MD (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) August 10, 2005 -- In just 12 weeks since its May 2005 launch,
SoundPractice.net (www.soundpractice.net), has established itself as the
undisputed leader for medical practice podcast and editorial content and, as a
result, redesigned its site to stay ahead of the RSS curve.
"Visitors
using major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN will find that
SoundPractice virtually 'owns' the term and category 'medical practice podcast'
when considering references to The Journal of Medical Practice Management in
podcast and blog directories such as iTunes, ODEO, Technorati, Bloglines and
MedReader," Greenbranch Publishing President Nancy Collins said.
As a
result, SoundPractice has had a facelift. "We redesigned the site in a few
significant ways to make it easier and more meaningful for our visitors to use.
We put all RSS feeds on the home page for easy copying/pasting and in
anticipation of greater search engine interest. We’ve included a new streaming
player to hear our podcasts without using podcast software. We added a section
for Kent Bottles, our Editor-in-Chief, to add daily community interest news
items. Finally, we’ve been very aggressive in adding interesting and timely
content to this site.
"The Journal of Medical Practice Management has a
20-year track record of providing the information that physician and
administrators need to help their practices thrive. With the addition of www.soundpractice.net we
are pleased to provide practice management content as podcasts and RSS feeds.
Greenbranch Publishing has the opportunity to lead the change of how the medical
practice management community gets their information, and we feel very strongly
that we have an obligation to educate our community about these technologies,"
Collins added.
When asked about SoundPractice from his role as
interviewer and as a physician, Kent Bottles replied "The daily act of blogging
and interviewing thought leaders for podcasts has really transformed the way I
try to keep up to date with subjects and ideas we all need to better manage our
practices and care for our patients. I was pleasantly surprised when a blog
about physician salaries attracted eight comments from readers, including one
from Uwe Reinhardt, the Princeton economist."
"I am really excited about
being able to interview content experts for podcasts that make www.soundpractice.net a
one stop shop for cutting edge content for busy physicians and adminstrators,"
he added.
Here is a current listing of Podcasts that can be found at
www.soundpractice.net,
free of charge:
* Time-of-Service Payment: Customer
Service and Cash Management, Tom Hajny
* The Business Case
for Complementary Medicine Services with John Ritch, Exec. Dir. of The Wege
Institute
* Perspective from Both Sides: Provider and Payer
- Shaun Soller, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan
* Levels
of Care Discussion with Kent Bottles and Lori Portfleet
*
Bonus and Profit Sharing in The Medical Practice, Interview with Bernd
Kutzscher, MD
* Medical Blogs: An Interview with Kevin Pho
of KevinMD
* Physician Workforce Issues: Interview with
Atul Grover, M.D., of The Lewin Group
* The Importance of
Private Practitioners in the Education of the Next Generation of Physicians,
Interview with David Leach, MD, Ex. Dir ACGME
* Recognizing
and Dealing With Impaired Clinicians Part 2 - Treatment Options, William Reid,
MD
* Recognizing and Dealing With Impaired Clinicians Part
1 Recognition and Reporting, William Reid, MD
* Setting
Trouble-Free Policies for Parental and Sick Leave, Laura Sachs
Hills
* Guidelines for Corporate Covenants and Physician
Employment Agreements, Steven Peltz
* Preliminary Screening
of Job Applicants in 5 Steps, Laura Sachs Hills
* Avoiding
Leasing Pitfalls, Karen Zupko and Melissa Lupella
* The
Physician as Witness, Daniel Small
* An Editorial on
Healthcare by Marcel Frenkel, MD, Founder, The Journal of Medical Practice
Management
* Governmental Focus on Fraud and Abuse with Rob
Falk, JD
* Developing Personnel Policies to Keep You Out of
the Courtroom: The Role of the Office Policy Manual, Joan
Roediger
* Ten Things to Do When Investigated By Regulatory
or Government Agencies, Glen Crick
* A Patient, an Internet
Article and Thou, Rob Falk
* EMR Pitfalls: Avoiding Costly
Purchasing Mistakes by Jeffery Daigrepont, The Coker
Group
* The Electronic Health Record: Is Now the Time For
Your Practice to Invest in Its Future? Interview with Dr. Peter
Basch
* Strategies for Computerizing Your Medical Office
Interview with Robert C. Tennant
* Financial Advice on
Medical Building Construction
"We designed SoundPractice not only as a
podcast site, but as a 'contributor blog' and we are exceptionally fortunate to
have assembled a powerful group of contributing experts," Collins
concluded.
Contributors include:
* Kent Bottles,
MD, Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Medical Practice
Management
* Judy Capko, President, Capko &
Company
* Rob Falk, JD, Powell, Goldstein,
LLP
* Tom Hajny, Accelerated Receivables
Management
* Betsy Nicoletti, President, Medical Practice
Consulting
* Bryan Bergeron, MD,
*
Joel Blau, CFP, and Ronald Paprocki, JD, Mediqus Asset Advisors,
Inc.
About SoundPractice.net:
Soundpractice.net, "Sound Ideas for Your
Medical Practice" is unique in its emphasis on combining archived material from
The Journal of Medical Practice Management with one-on-one interviews with
thought leaders in the medical practice management community conducted by Kent
Bottles, MD.
About The Journal of Medical Practice
Management:
Published six times a year, the subscription-based The Journal of
Medical Practice Management www.mpmnetwork.com focuses on delivering "how-to" advice for
increasing medical practices’ profitability. With an emphasis on working smarter
and more efficiently, each issue features a host of proven strategies for
dealing with fiscal management, marketing, information technology, benefits and
compensation, legal and tax issues, office operations, coding, and human
resources that practice administrators, practice managers and physicians face on
a daily basis.The Journal has become one of the most widely recognized,
independent and authoritative voices in the industry.
About Greenbranch
Publishing, LLC:
Greenbranch Publishing, LLC, with headquarters in Phoenix,
Maryland, is a privately held firm founded in 1998. The company is a leading
publisher of medical practice management titles, electronic media and audio
conferences for physicians, practice administrators and office practice
managers.
More information can be found at www.mpmnetwork.com, www.mpmjournal.com, www.mpmbuyersguide.com,
www.soundpractice.net
www.greenbranch.com
For More Information, Contact:
Nancy Collins
President & Publisher
Greenbranch Publishing, The
Journal of Medical Practice Management
PO Box 208
Phoenix, MD
21131
(800) 933-3711
www.mpmnetwork.com
www.soundpractice.net
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