In this day and age, it seems as though time management is becoming more important than ever. We never seem to have enough of it and are always feeling behind or stressed because we don’t feel like we’re completing our tasks. Even when we do feel like we’re on top of our to-do lists, oftentimes we get flustered, and that limits us from developing and growing more in our tasks and duties.
Everyone has problems dealing with time management. Our world seems to be moving so fast that we can’t stay on top of new and emerging trends, and grow along with them. We may feel like we are always playing catch-up with ourselves, so much that new things are happening but we just don’t have time to keep up.
In your healthcare practice, you may be dealing with tasks such as hiring, training, office organization and staffing, HR, revenue cycles, patient satisfaction, EMR/EHR issues, accounts receivable and marketing.
That’s a lot of hats to wear.
While each of these aspects is extremely important aspects of managing a practice, without marketing, the office won’t have any patients to bring in. So, how do you begin to solve the problem of always being time-strapped, yet needing to market your practice and complete all of your many, many tasks at the same time?
The answer is outsourcing.
When you’re feeling overwhelmed, the solution to these issues can be outsourcing. Outsourcing occurs when you bring on a partner to help you with a specific task, such as blog writing, or social media management. Various companies provide the different types of outsourcing, depending on the types of services that you need. An affordable, trustworthy, reliable partner can be the key to solving your task completion issues.
What are some types of services that you can outsource?
Any of the following can be outsourced:
- Payroll
- Hiring platforms
- Human Resources (HR)
- Billing
- Marketing
It’s important that these aspects of your practice don’t fall behind because they each affect the movement of the patient income, treatment, and retention. In order for you to focus on the specific goals of your practice, and evaluating growth, hiring a company to outsource your tasks is a great way to do it. By monitoring reporting and implementation of tasks that outsourcing a company can provide, by surrounding yourself with experts, it will help you focus on the bottom line versus putting out fires and just dealing with what is at hand, right in front of you. Don’t try to teach yourself to be an expert in every field – be the expert in your field as an office manager, and outsource to surround your experts in those specific areas.
So how do you begin outsourcing?
How do you begin to outsource? Start by asking successful businesses that are roughly about the size of your practice, or ask any current partners that you may have already who they might recommend for specific types of services. Getting a trustworthy referral is always a good place to start in your search for a trustworthy and reliable partner to outsource some of your important tasks. Oftentimes, when costs are evaluated for outsourced services, you are saving money and saving time from training and replacing someone you may need to hire to complete the same task.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, or perhaps think it’s time to start outsourcing, we can help. As trusted partners and consultants, Connections Healthcare Strategies is focused on providing great partnerships and consulting for any business task you may need to accomplish. Contact us today to begin learning more about outsourcing and what Connections can do for you.
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