I am always amazed by the number of healthcare practices that fail to have regularly scheduled staff meetings. When the doctors are questioned about this practice, they will usually use the excuse that they are too busy for regularly scheduled meetings or they have tried staff meetings in the past, but they proved to be of little value. Hearing these excuses reminds me of the story of the lumberjack that was so busy chopping down trees that he never took the time to sharpen his ax, and yet he … [Read more...]