From: Dr. Margolies .. 3-6-99 Reminder: Dr. Margolies is back on the Life University campus. If you are a Life student going into your 12-14th quarter this Spring .. register for my class .. COMT 5104 .. Ethics and Professional Relations .. Tuesday .. 8-11 .. Annex C room 127. We幢l follow my Smart Start Book .. you幢l be glad you did .. please spread the word. If you need some advice .. whether in my class or not .. I will have office hours on Tuesdays from 11-12 in Chiro Sciences Annex B ..y嫵ll come down. Posting This Week: Practice Club at Life University has speaker .. Practice for sale in midtown Atlanta .. DC looking for an associate in Scottsdale, AZ .. DC needs assistance for MEDISOFT patient accounting .. Chiropractic Office Manager offers Training .. Associate needed in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl .. DC looking for a used toggle table .. DC needs associates in New York State .. North Dallas, Texas practice for sale .. DC looking for used equipment to start a clinic .. Georgia Practice For Sale .. DC looking for research on ADD/ADHD and Chiropractic ..Vermont clinic looking for a Chiropractor .. Information concerning KARL PARKER SHARING SEMINARS in Vegas this April E-mail message this week: Defragment then Optimize If you have been using a computer for any length of time .. you probably had your share of frozen screens .. slow hard drives .. maybe a hard drive crash or two. To avoid these problems .. or at least managing it .. you may have purchased Norton廣 Utility or a similar program that takes preventive steps avoiding these irritating computer problems. As we tell our patients .. prevention is superior to cure and being conservative is the way to go. Hard drives read and write documents and program information placing each entry on its tape. As it places and removes this information it leaves fragments of this material for later retrieval until the disk is either written over or reformatted. As the hard drive becomes overwhelmed with a fragment here and there .. it slows retrieval of information and slows efficiency. In fact .. once you defragment your hard drive .. it廣 time to Optimize .. this process is the ultimate in hard drive efficiency. Doctor .. is your office fragmented .. should it be Optimized? Unfortunately .. there is not one simple defragment or optimizing program for your office. Sure .. you could search for a consultant guru .. take voluminous notes at seminars .. return for post graduate credits but the fragmenting starts at the source .. that廣 you and me. Can we be defragmented and optimized? .. if so .. can we begin to share this with our staff and patients? Again .. there are hordes of psychic mind changers .. some well known while others not so visible .. this is a beginning. There are books to read and tapes to listen to .. this also is part of the process. There are friends to share ideas with .. but know this .. we must make the changes .. first within us .. then within others. Since this isn廠 the forum to discuss psychological (defragmenting) changes .. let廣 begin by defragmenting the office. As I tell my students .. when things are down and out consider what others would do if they were in the same situation. Objectively .. from afar .. look down at your office .. if you were an efficiency expert .. a defragmenter .. what advice would you give? Have you reviewed each form given to the patient .. is there superfluous questions .. over the head words and concepts? Is your consultation efficient .. your exam efficient .. your report of findings efficient? Have you discussed with your CA what she says when a patient calls for the first time .. how questions are answered (try asking a few tough ones) how she schedules future adjustments and handles the finances? Is there a staff member responsible for case management .. patient follow through .. patient education .. are they scripted and/or know how to promote and satisfy your patient廣 concerns? Have you walked through your office with the keen eye of a consultant looking for every slight aggravating factor .. torn tables .. sloppy reception area .. unsanitary bathroom .. exam room that looks as if it was a locker room? You know what I mean. These are all fragments that slow progress and growth. Now review written materials .. do you provide timely handouts .. newsletters .. promotional flyers .. welcome letters .. birthday .. missed appointment and reminder cards? Are there surveys or questionnaires .. referral concepts .. seasonal special programs? Look these over .. if you have none create them .. need help .. ask me. This is the beginning of defragmenting your office. Defragmenting will take time and effort .. but the outcome is Optimization. Enjoy. Have a Great Day Dr. M Posting This Week: Practice Club at Life University has speaker: Practice Club at Life University has Bruce Clark speaking about Getting started Thursday, March 11 @ 5:00 PM to review slide notes visit this website: http://www.ChiroSpace.com Practice for sale in midtown Atlanta: Two and a half year established practice that is subluxation based. Techniques utilized are CBP Activator and Pierce. Office has very low overhead, situated in a wellness center of approx.3,000 square foot facility shared with 2 massage therapists, one other chiropractor and Astrologer/counselor. Doctor has many professional relationships with gyms, health food stores, local corporations and grocery stores to do spinal screenings. Gross for 1997 was 210,000 and practice is selling for 160,000 which includes equipment and a video flouroscopy motion x-ray unit. Serious inquiries call 404-876-0200 e-mail reply to: veggieeddie@mindspring.com DC looking for an associate in Scottsdale, AZ: DC is looking for an associate in Scottsdale AZ DC works with three professional teams as well as families. e-mail reply to: healthcoach@webtv.net DC needs assistance for MEDISOFT patient accounting: Is there anyone in the Bucks County PA area who has knowledge of MEDISOFT patient accounting .. I need some help? reply to: Chirocan@aol.com Chiropractic Office Manager offers Training: Extremely organized, detail orientated chiropractic office manager will travel to your office to design a system to fit your needs! Will completely train your staff in procedural set ups for Front Desk, Insurance Department and Patient management procedures. She specializes in new office setups and correcting chronic procedure problems. Have your staff trained and motivated by the best, the first step to creating a solid foundation. Best of all, go back to being the Doctor! e-mail inquires to Arnren1@aol.com or call 516-541-0372 Associate needed for Ft. Lauderdale, Fl: Motivated .. Hard Working .. On Purpose .. No Limit Chiropractor needed for growing practice in the Ft Lauderdale Fl Call: 954-797-2900 or e-mail reply to: dradler@hotmail.com DC looking for a used toggle table: DC looking for a good used toggle table e-mail reply to: Apat1009@aol.com DC needs associates in New York State: DC looking for associates in Dutchess County, New York. Expansion is planned for same in Putnam and Orange County areas as well. Doctor will train the new associate at home base and when ready - plug them into the new office. New Doctor will have considerable autonomy as well as the opportunity to purchase practice at later date. reply to: DCHEALTH99@aol.com North Dallas Texas practice for sale: TEXAS, NORTH DALLAS--9 year practice for sale in great location. Fully equipped, low overhead, good balance of PI/MM/Fee-for-service patients. Asking price for the clinic is $95,000 which *includes* accounts receivable. Call or e-mail for previous year's stats, average monthly expenses, and inventory list. (214) 350-2052 or e-mail to: rjwilkin@nstar.net DC looking for used equipment to start a clinic: reply to: Da207@aol.com Georgia Practice For Sale: 1200 sq. ft. fully equipped practice for sale in Cumming, Ga. Must sell, doctor is relocating out of state. Asking $40,000 but is negotiable. Call Dr. Middleton at (770) 888-8292 or email at brett@btachiropractic.com. DC looking for research concerning ADD/ADHD and Chiropractic Care: DC needs information concerning ADD/ADHD and Chiropractic also a mailing list of other articles pertaining to Chiropractic. e-mail reply to: DolphinTBA@aol.com. Vermont clinic looking for a Chiropractor: Spirit of Health Center for Wellbeing for a Chiropractor They are a non-profit managed by a Board of associate members and we are growing to provide a full range of integrated, team-based care for our community. We currently offer CranioSacral Therapy, Neuromuscular Therapy, massage, psychotherapy, personal coaching and yoga. We also run an array of community classes in our studio space. All practitioners maintain our own businesses and may join the center either as renters or associates. We are located in Central Vermont in the heart of the Green Mountains, and serve a highly health conscious, semi-rural community. Our current home is an historic brick farmhouse on the local state highway. Inquiries: (802) 763-9900 or e-mail to: lynne@together.net KARL PARKER SHARING SEMINARS .. April 8-11 ..Las Vegas .. Riviera Hotel Be sure to register by March 9th for the special $50 rebate given as a gift for making the commitment early. That is also the last day the Riviera Hotel will hold a room block at the great $79 peak season springtime rate. Hurry! Act NOW! Fax Registration Form To (817) 447-9874: (Only $197 for the doctor) Name_________________________Phone_______________Fax________________ Address______________________________________________________________ First staff coming with you(free!)_________________________________________ Second one($97)____________________________________________________ 3rd or more($47 each)_________________________________________________ Credit Card #___________________________________ Exp.________________ Hotel phone number: 800-634-6753 PHONE REGISTRATIONS: 888-271-3952 OR MAIL TO: 2360 Charles Avenue, Burleson, TX 76028 OR EMAIL THE ABOVE INFORMATION(except CC# and note if you are sending check or wish us to call for CC#) TO: Parker@ctelcom.net