Large companies save fortunes by carefully manage routine office activities. Professional practices can't: they're too thinly staffed and they lack the necessary expertise. As a result, the average professional practice wastes $3-10K per person per year on computing activities, overpriced leases and supplies, unnecessary services and insufficient oversight (see an example). You can make it stop. In fact, it's easier than you think ... but you have to take the inititiative.

 

ProductivePractices.com offers hundreds of tips for saving money and boosting productivity. Most of them are cheaply and quickly implemented. Some pay for themselves in days. All of our methods are research based, benchmarked and field tested. You'll find them all in this free website. Start saving now.

Conceptually, there's very little we do that you can't do yourself. We've developed this web site specifically as a self-help guide. It presents the tools, checklists, calculations, and step-by-step instructions we use most often in private private engagments. Where applicable, it offers plain language, step-by-step instructions.

 

Your mileage will vary depending on your mix of staff. You can increase your chances for success by designating a project leader (any appropriate administrative employee), setting a budget and communicating consistently. Spend 10 minutes every day reviewing open action items. Set a budget for equipment, software or supplies: $2,000 - 4,000 is a reasonable beginning budget for most small projects.

Most professional practices aren't built for do-it-yourself projects. Don't use that as an excuse to bleed money. We can help you address your worst pain points without ever visiting your office. We call it Virtual Consulting - focused, flat-fee evaluations targeting individual activities where waste is typically high or productivity is typically low.

 

Virtual projects rely on your employees to collect data and make physical changes on site. We supply questionaires, analysis, advice and implementation help. If you can make lists, send emails and answer questions, we can guide you through implementation with results that match traditional "on site" engagments - but at a much lower cost. Click here to see a list of our Virtual Consulting Services.

Productive Practices Inc. provides strategic IT management, administrative oversight and project management services to professional practices in Connecticut and Westchester County. Our clients typically have 10 to 60 employees. 75% of our clients are medical practices. We offer project-based and contract-based service agreements. We are HIPAA aware. We have experience with PQRI and ePrescription incentives, and we are abreast of EHR (Medicare and Medicaid) incentives promised by the 2009 stimulus bill.

 

We do not sell hardware, software, IT maitenance services or programming services; rather, we advise on or manage these activities for our clients. Our sole focus is helping clients

Whether you do-it-yourself or work with our help, we want you to know what you're getting. Our work samples show our mindset and methodologies. Click any of the links below to learn more.

 

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