- Paperback: 307 pages
- Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc; illustrated edition edition (15 Dec 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0763713554
- ISBN-13: 978-0763713553
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,136,078 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Successful Physician: A Productivity Handbook for Practitioners will enable you to streamline, modernize, and improve your practice -- using practical, proven, common-sense methods any physician can apply. Filled with easy-to-follow, easy-to-implement suggestions, this book is written for the practicing physician by a practicing physician. Three major sections show you how to improve your use of the three major tools -- your time, knowledge, and relationship management. By investing a small amount of time and effort into upgrading the use of any one of the tools, you'll free up additional resources to re-invest in further efficiency and productivity -- resulting in greater personal satisfaction and less risk, hassle, and frustration.
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SELF-HELP FOR THE HARRIED PHYSICIAN
British physicians are now following their US counterparts into the Brave New World of managed care, speed-up, and competition. This bestselling book on physician productivity is a "must-read" for every practitioner who wants to keep up with 21st-century medical practice. BMJ says it contains "everything you ever wanted to know" about physician productivity, presented in a brisk, literate, entertaining style for easy access. If you want to deliver more efficient, effective, and higher-quality care to your patients, while increasing your personal professional satisfaction, this is the book you have been searching for. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
British physicians are now following their US counterparts into the Brave New World of managed care, speed-up, and competition. This bestselling book on physician productivity is a "must-read" for every practitioner who wants to keep up with 21st-century medical practice. BMJ says it contains "everything you ever wanted to know" about physician productivity, presented in a brisk, literate, entertaining style for easy access. If you want to deliver more efficient, effective, and higher-quality care to your patients, while increasing your personal professional satisfaction, this is the book you have been searching for. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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38 of 41 people found the following review helpful
A Writing Style that Doesn't Cause Nausea
17 May 2000
Format:Paperback
How wonderful to read a physician who has a writing style that doesn't cause nausea, retching, or confusion. My wife, also a physician in a by-gone era, and I laughed and laughed and laughed at this psychiatrist's insights into what is wrong with doctors. I particularly liked the concept of NIH (not invented here) because I was the Assistant Chief of Medical Neurology at NIH (The National Institutes of Health) and knew exactly what the author meant. If a certain group didn't think of a great idea first they would have nothing to do with it. The main trouble with most doctors is, of course, that they went to medical school. There they learned to do what they were told and not spend much time thinking about it. Consequently, they have become the easy prey of business interests whose general effect has been to transform and some say injure the profession by telling Doctors what to do. Doctor Zaslove's little gem of a book has the way out of this embattled situation for those physicians smart enough to read and take its advice to heart.
27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
An essential tool for medical practice and career growth
31 July 1998
Format:Paperback
Many years ago, I had the opportunity to edit one of theWorld's most popular medical texts - the Washington University Manualof Medical Therapeutics. This book, I felt, had tremendous impact on the lives of health care professionals because it "cut to the chase" and told experienced pracitioners how to care for their patients.
Marshall Zaslove has written a wonderful book of a similar flavor that tells pracitioners how to care for themselves. It is an easy read that carries themes one will find in Stephen Covey, Peter Drucker, and many other works. This is a book that tells a busy practitioner how to stay engaged in both professional a private life. In many instances, the people who need this book will be too busy to order it. Spouses and friends of heroic but overworked health care professionals are urged to consider this a gift that will yield both great peace and "return on investment."
Short books that make sense and get to the heart of matters are hard to find. Dr. Zaslove has written such a book.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
A "must-read" for overworked physicians (and their patients)
27 Sep 1998
Format:Paperback
A recent article in the Archives of Internal Medicine concluded that American physicians believe the advent of managed care (HMOs) has had a serious negative impact on the quality of patient care and on the physician-patient relationship in general. The time available for each patient has also declined and much of it is taken up in discussing insurance issues rather than the patient's medical problems. Dr. Marshall Zaslove, a practising physician and renowned lecturer and seminar leader, has tackled these problems head-on in his new book The Successful Physician. Dr. Zaslove strongly believes that physicians must become more productive if they are to serve their patients well. His highly readable book clearly defines the problems facing today's physician and provides concrete, practical solutions for dealing with them. Dr. Zaslove starts with the premise that a doctor's three tools are time, knowledge and skills, and quality relationships. He goes on to critically examine all the things a doctor does and then gives sound and tested advice on how to become more efficient in doing them. I particularly liked his discussion of the relationship between physicians and computers and his down-to-earth advice about introducing "the monster" into the office and optimizing its usage. His comments about the relationships with patients and other professionals are also illuminating. The Successful Physician is required reading for any physician who feels that too many extraneous pressures are interfering with his or her primary mission of providing quality care to patients. The book is not only for physicians though. I personally found it a fascinating "peek behind the curtain" into the problems and pressures facing today's physician. So read it yourself and if your doctor seems to be drowning in paper and red tape give it to him for Christmas!
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