ement show this is possible. If you are a primary care physician, do you want to increase the income of your practice 10%-20%, leave the office on time, and also dramatically I know that many of you want to make things better at your site—make things safer, have your chronically ill patients become much healthier, get home on time from the office consistently, and much more. So, where do you begin?!! I like the answer given by Stephen Covey in “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (if you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend it). He says to Begin with the End in Mind. What can this mean? He states that all things are created twice—first mentally and then physically. So, the first step is to have a vision of what you want at your healthcare site. Do you want to reduce infections 60%-70% if your site is an ICU? Studies at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement show this is possible. If you are a primary care physician, do you want to increase the income of your practice 10%-20%, leave the office on time, and also dramatically insistently, and much more. So, where do you begin?!! I like the answer given by Stephen Covey in “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (if you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend it). He says to Begin with the End in Mind. What can this mean? He states that all things are created twice—first mentally and then physically. So, the first step is to have a vision of what you want at your healthcare site. Do you want to reduce infections 60%-70% if your site is an ICU? Studies at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement show this is possible. If you are a primary care physician, do you want to increase the income of your practice 10%-20%, leave the office on time, and also dramatically recommend it). He says to Begin with the End in Mind. What can this mean? He states that all things are created twice—first mentally and then physically. So, the first step is to have a vision of what you want at your healthcare site. Do you want to reduce infections 60%-70% if your site is an ICU? Studies at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement show this is possible. If you are a primary care physician, do you want to increase the income of your practice 10%-20%, leave the office on time, and also dramatically p is to have a vision of what you want at your healthcare site. Do you want to reduce infections 60%-70% if your site is an ICU? Studies at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement show this is possible. If you are a primary care physician, do you want to increase the income of your practice 10%-20%, leave the office on time, and also dramatically ement show this is possible. If you are a primary care physician, do you want to increase the income of your practice 10%-20%, leave the office on time, and also dramatically improve the health of your patients? A recent issue of Family Practice Management demonstrates how. If you have primary contact with patients, do you want to consistently know all the prescriptions that they take so as to avoid conflict in medication or other undesirable outcomes? JHACO is requiring hospitals to reconcile medications for all their patients. A May 23, 2006 article in the Wall Street Journal discussed how hospitals are improving in this area.

The point that I am making is to first have a clear vision of what you want to achieve. You cannot make any long lasting improvements if you don’t have a clear and detailed plan. As a builder needs a clear and precise blueprint in or