"This book is a great asset to all men who need to make their own health a priority." --Joe Gibbs, NFL Hall of Fame coach and owner of 4x NASCAR champion Joe Gibbs Racing Everything you need to know about men's health in one handy package--updated, revised, and expanded. The authors' first edition (2018) concentrated on the male pelvis and health concerns "down there." Urologists Neil Baum and Scott Miller described the male pelvic region and its complex functions before moving on to a comprehensive list of related medical concerns, including pelvic pain, prostate problems, urinary leakage, urinary tract infections, testosterone deficiency, STDs, prostate cancer, and questions about infertility and sexual dysfunction. Both authors approached these very personal and sensitive topics with straightforward, reader-friendly language, using case examples, illustrations, research, and occasional humor to explain the potential causes and cures for each medical challenge. Five years later, the authorship has been doubled to include one more urologist, David Mobley, and a Doctor of Pharmacy, Mindi Miller. With this expanded team of experts, the goal is to provide men with health information--not only from prostate to penis--but from head to toe. Nine totally new chapters address a wide range of topics that altogether equip the reader with key information to assess and improve his mental, physical, and emotional health. The authors even provide step-by-step processes to use when selecting a doctor or surgeon, and what signs might indicate that a doctor's visit is a must. Men's Complete Health Guide means that men no longer need to suffer in silence or dwell in denial. This valuable resource enables every man to become his own health advocate, more likely to discuss body concerns with family or friends, and more open to seeking a doctor's advice for remedy.

This text provides physicians with the basic business skills in order for them to become involved in the financial aspect of their practices. The text will help the physician decide what kind of practice they would like to join (i.e. private practice, small group practice, solo practice, hospital employment, large group practice, academic medicine, or institutional\government practice) as well as understand the basics of contracting, restrictive covenants and how to navigate the road to partnership. Additional topics covered include, monthly balance sheets, productivity, overhead costs and profits, trend analysis and benchmarking. Finally, the book provides advice on advisors that doctors will need to help with the business of their professional and personal lives. These include accountants, bankers, lawyers, insurance agents and other financial advisors. The Complete Business Guide for a Successful Medical Practice provides a roadmap for physicians to be not only good clinical doctors but also good businessmen and businesswomen. It will help doctors make a difference in the lives of their patients as well as sound financial decisions for their practice.

Marketing Your Clinical Practice: Ethically, Effectively, Economically, Fourth Edition Is An Updated And Revised Edition Of This Best Selling Guide To Medical Practice Marketing Including New Topics And Advanced Techniques. This Essential Resource Provides Readers With The Plans And Real Examples To Market And Grow A Successful Practice. This Book Is Filled With Practical Marketing Tips And Strategies Based Around Five Components Of A Successful Practice: Retaining Current Patients, Attracting New Patients, Motivating Staff, Working With Managed Care And Other Physicians, And Utilizing The Internet And Consultants. Marketing Your Clinical Practice: Ethically, Effectively, Economically, Fourth Edition Is The Perfect Resource For Any Physician In A Single Or Group Practice Looking To Improve Their Business And Medical Students Learning How To Develop A Practice. New Topics To The Fourth Edition Include: Dispensing Drugs, Disaster Preparedness, Office Space Planning, Enhancing Patient Experience With Architectural Guidance, Marketing To The Generations

Most clinical practices are not prepared for a disaster, and failure to prepare for a disaster can have devastating consequences on a medical practice, the physicians, and the patients. Disaster Planning for the Clinical Practice describes the types of disasters that can affect medical practices, suggests steps for disaster planning, and identifies the necessary procedures for restarting the practice after a disaster has occurred. Natural disasters are not the most common casue of practice failure - man-made disasters such as computer crashes, power outages, and loss of electronic data are more likely to impact a medical practice. This book offers suggestions on the preparation of a disaster plan that can be easily implemented into any health practice, and discusses how to overcome both natural and man-made disasters. Each chapter features true disaster case studies, questions doctors or office managers need to answer, and step-by-step recommendations for the implementation of the disaster plan, as well as dozens of templates and forms ready for immediate use. This is an essential resource for all practices large, small, rural, and academic. Includes a user-friendly CD ROM with forms, questionnaires, and charts!

For a physician to succeed in The New World of health care delivery he or she needs to focus on four key areas of medical practice: his pati ents; his office; his business relationship with managed care plans, h ospitals and other physicians; and his marketing plan. Each of these a reas is a pillar of effective practice, the importance of which will n ot be diminished or changed regardless of the direction of future heal th care reform.