We've felt and heard it for over a year now: the demand for mental health services for children has skyrocketed since March, 2020. My clients tell me that they can barely keep up with the demand as anxiety among children has been impossible to manag...
Are you, and maybe some of your partners, thinking about splitting your existing practice? Time to flee a sinking ship? Maybe your megagroup isn't what it used to be (or ever was). Maybe you're hearing rumors that the hospital is about to let all ...
In April, 2020, Paul Vanchiere and I fired off a quick webinar to address the growing COVID-19 pandemic. We thought we might get 50? 100? attendees. We had over 300 on that first night, as I recall.
This roller coaster has been a rough ride. The two biggest pediatric droughts in history - March/April 2020 and January/February 2021 - up against the busiest times in pediatric history - January/February 2020 and now August/September 2021.
As intrepid readers know, this community has created a really cool Pediatric Practice Management Calendar - initially inspired by Dr. Sue Berman, the results have expanded over the years. You can read about it here.
I've been working on a little project relating to the impact of COVID on pediatric preventive care (a weird silver lining to the pandemic) and I realized I was holding some data in my hand that some on SOAPM have been interested in lately. So I'm sh...
I had a great time speaking to Drs. Bravo and Rogu on their growing podcast, The Pediatric Lounge, to discuss the state of independent pediatricians and the use of data in a pediatric practice. They are cranking out episodes (which is a good thing) and anyone who supports independent pediatricians should tune in to their effort. What they are doing takes a tremendous amount of work and their guest list is amazing (well, besides me). They turned our conversation into back-to-back episodes (32 and 33), "Independent Pediatric Practice 2022" and "Data Data Data and Managing a Pediatric Office." If you prefer video, you catch up on their YouTube channel.
