1 provides you with the information you need to predict how busy you will become and what areas of your clinic needs improvement. For instance, on the week of March 7th I saw 135 patients. Exactly one week before that I measured the March 7th week and I had 102 patient visits booked. Two weeks before that I had 26 patient visits scheduled. I do this every week. I measure what’s been done and I measure what’s coming for every health provider in the clinic. This allows me to recognize trends, make predic-tions and, most importantly, make adjustments (no pun intended), which allow my practice to grow. The concept of building a week is quite simple, really: go to work often and don’t take days off. The beginning of the week sets the tone for the rest of week. So being mentally prepared is huge. Look over your schedule the night before and go over how you envision it progressing clinically in your mind. Preparing like this will pay dividends in the future. Then make sure you communicate your recommendations to your patients so they follow through in booking a fol-low-up appointment if they need one. The first day 2 Taking frequent days off or starting your week on Mondays can put you at a disadvantage especially if you are just starting to grow your business. This is because Mondays will interrupt the flow of practice growth (see my article, “Don’t Pardon The Interrup-tion”) as 14 per cent of Mondays are lost to holidays. So if you are serious about growing your practice be pre-pared to give up your long weekends and work the Sat-urday before the holiday Monday to make up for lost time. When I was growing my practice I worked two and a half years straight before I took my first full week off. Remember, do today what others won’t, so tomorrow you can do what others can’t. Say no to vacations Order from the store and give more Your purchases at the Bookstore and Supply Center help reduce CMCC tuition fees for young upcoming chiropractors. Buy more, give more. Staying the course Even after treating patients well, there will be many oc-casions where people will disappoint you. A staff member will steal from you, an associate health professional will leave you on bad terms, and a patient may even write an undeserved bad review about you – that’s life. The key is not to let these disappointments change the way you manage, monitor and measure the significant elements of your practice. Our practice is a place where everything we know how to do is tested by the things we don’t know how to do. It’s the conflict between these dichotomies that creates growth and gives us meaning. Being aware of the reflec-tion of ourselves in our work will allow our patients to see us on the inside. Now go to work. www.canadianchiropractor.ca June 2016 Canadian Chiropractor 15 Visit our online store at cmccstore.ca
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