Practice Flow Solutions Marketing
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    CALM

    Flow patterns remove the obastacles and allow you to have a smooth, successful day
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    INSPIRE

    Unleash your practice potential
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    ORGANIZE

    Focus on what's important
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    CREATE

    Do it right the first time.

Space Needs Assessment

Keep your eye on the goal. Maximizing the doctors ability to see patients means more care for patients, higher revenues for the practice and better quality of life for doctors and staff. We help you determine what is right for your practice.

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Practice Flow Assessment

Healthcare is about doctors treating patients. Maximizing the doctor's time while seeing patients is the goal. We analyze the three parts of your practice flow - patient, staff and doctor - to identify and help your practice achieve your ultimate potential.

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Practice Planning

Your dollar is too valuable to waste on a poor design, especially one that costs your practice is lost opportunity everyday. Our understanding of your unique practice allows us to swiftly and accurately develop an effective and attractive practice environment for you.

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Who We Are.

Our Mission at Practice Flow Solutions is to make a positive difference in the lives of doctors, staff and patients. We accomplish this by inspiring, organizing and creating efficient healthcare environments through the efforts of caring, dedicated people.

What we do.

Practice Flow Solutions is a niche firm uniquely focusing on helping medical practice efficiencies by identifying and solving problems in patient, staff and doctor flow. Our collaboration with you creates highly productive practice environments that allow patients better access to care and a more rewarding place to work for the staff and doctors. The founders have worked with hundreds of doctors, practice administrators, hospital administrators, developers and university departments in all specialties. You can rest assured that we understand the unique needs of your practice.

Larry Brooks and Tim Griffin.

Larry Brooks, AIA and Tim Griffin, AIA have known each other since the late 1980s. Both attended college at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia. After graduation in 1990, they both began their professional careers at a national healthcare architectural firm.

While at that firm, they focused on and excelled at medical planning and consulting, attaining skills that empowered them to become two of six stock holders and members of the Board of Directors. Because of their experience and knowledge, Larry and Tim are often asked to be instructors at local and national medical meetings such as MGMA, ASOA, AAOE (ophthalmology), AAOE (orthopedics), and GAOE. They have also authored or contributed to articles in medical journals such as Medical Economics, The Journal of Medical Practice Management, Practical Dermatology, Practical Neurology, Spine Biz and Beyond, and have hosted podcasts and listservs on the topics of practice flow and efficiencies.

Searching for a unique balance of professional and family life Larry and Tim founded Practice Flow Solutions.

Larry Brooks

Tim Griffin

Articles.

The following is a list of published articles by the founders of Practice Flow Solutions.

How To Renovate / Expand and Still Stay Open

March 2022 -

Due to rising construction costs it makes sense to stay open during renovations. See the case study of how one practice accomplished this.

Improve Your Bottom Line with Little Expense

March 2010 - Whether you are an integrated health system or a private practice, rising operating costs, changes in reimbursement and healthcare reform (however it ends up being structured)?is affecting your bottom line.

Practice Flow Concepts Every Doctor Should Know

December 2009 - Improved practice flow may lead to greater productivity, better and more efficient patient care, and more opportunity for you to enjoy the practice of medicine.

The Three Hour Self Evaluation – Part 3: MD Area

November 2009 - This is the final installment in a three-part series of articles examining the front office, tech station, and doctor exam portions of a patient?s visit.

A Step By Step Process to Remove Logjams in Your Surgical Practice

September 2009 - Ever been white water rafting? You?re floating along a brisk river admiring the beautiful scenery. There is a lot of water flowing, but it is calm. Then all of a sudden there are rapids.

Events.

The following is a list of upcoming and past appreances/courses by Practice Flow Solutions.

American Academy of Ophthalmology (AA0) 2018

October 26-31, 2018 Chicago, IL

  • We will post our booth/course information once finalized

National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants (NSCHBC) 2018

June 13-16 Charleston, SC

  • We will post our booth/course information once finalized

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) 2018

April 13-16, 2018 - Washington, DC

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2018

March 6-9, 2018 - New Orleans, LA

National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants (NSCHBC) 2017

May 17-10, 2017 - Indianapolis, IN

FAQS

Below is a list of questions that Practice Flow Solutions is fequiently asked. Please contact us if you have any specific questions we can help you with.

How do you work with my local architect?

Practice Flow Solutions will complete our planning documents and then hand off our work to your architect of record. We prefer to get your architect involved in the process earlier in the project so that you can take advantage of your entire team. Our goal is make sure you have the best project that will allow your practice to be as productive as possible. After we complete our work we are available for calls related to our work and your practice flow.

Where should practices focus their design dollar?

You want to get the biggest bang for your buck. We believe this means using your dollars for upgraded finishes and design elements in places that will also act as visual cues for your patients to help them move through your practice. For example, the check-out desk should have special ceiling and finishes that will allow it to stand out from the rest of the practice.

What if I already have a plan can PFS help?

We offer a Plan Review service that in conjunction with a Space Needs Assessment will allow us to inform you of any problems with the practice flow in the floor plan that was designed by others. This service can help avoid long term problems that will cost your practice money in initial construction and lost patient visits every day. Please contact us if you are interested in more details about the Plan Review service.

Why do I need to have a Space Needs Assessment?

No two medical practices are alike, so it makes sense that the space needs of each practice are also unique. Practice Flow Solutions Space Needs Assessment will help you determine exactly how much space your practice needs so that you can confidently find the right building or land to create your practice. This service also allows us to get a firm understand of how you see patients now and how to better that in your new practice space.

How to choose a designer/architect for my project?

The design/architect that you hire will be the most important decision you will make to the success of your project. You want to make sure that your design team has experience with your type of specialty. Healthcare or Medical design is a very alluring market for architectural firms. They may claim to have experience, but few truly have more than a handful of projects they have worked on. The designers/architects of Practice Flow Solutions have over 38 years of experience working with all aspects of medical design.

Do not choose your designer on price alone. The decisions that your designer makes will determine the cost of your overall project and determine if you will be able to see patients in a profitable manner in your new facility. You will pay more for your built-in cabinets and furniture than you will for your architect and those items will not help you see any more patients.

You will want to have an architect that does not require you to pay travel expenses during the construction phases. This is where Practice Flow Solutions practice planning services can allow you to take advantage of our in depth medical design experience and still let you work with a local architect. We will design the practice plans and guide your local architect to help you get the best project for the best price.

Do all doctors spend 15 minutes per patient?

Although some organizations promote this it cannot be more from the truth. From our experience, every doctor has their own rate of seeing patients. Some are slower, some are faster the important thing is to understand what each doctors? potential is in your practice. Practice Flow Solutions? Practice Flow Assessment will identify your doctors? true potential. We use our PracticeWatch software to track ever step your doctors make to determine what rate they can see patients if all aspects of Practice Flow is maximized.

I know how much space I need, why can't we just go straight to design?

Most practice underestimate the amount of space they need for their practice based on the amount of space they already have. This can easily happen when a practice has outgrown and overcrowded their current office and do not realize that adding 1,000 square feet of space may only compensate for the current overcrowded situation. Another common problem is confusion over the difference between the amount of usable area they will occupy versus the amount of area they will be charged for rent. The rental area will be the net area of the practice multiplied by a factor for common spaces in the building.

The proper process would be to identify the needs of your practice with careful thought into future growth based on your practices true ability to see patients. Practice Flow Solutions Practice Flow Assessment and Space Needs Assessment will help guide your practice into understanding the true amount of space or land that your practice requires.

We are not going to EMR or EHR until after we move into the new practice. What do we do with the charts until we are paperless?

We have heard many managers say the quickest way to lose your job is to undertake a building project and EMR at the same time. If you are going to wait until a period of time after you move into your new practice to implement EMR you will have to have a game plan to do it successfully. In most cases this means planning for chart space in the new practice that can be turned into scanning, training space or business office functions. We have also situated the chart room so that it can be turned into a new service space such as an aesthetics room in a dermatology practice when the practice goes live with the EMR.

How can PFS help my practice if we are not moving into new space?

Our Practice Flow Assessment is an on-site service that can benefit organizations that need help with patient, staff and doctor flow problems. While at the practice we will make observation and give specific solutions on how to correct flow problems. Our advisors have worked with many large organizations, such as university and hospitals, to help with specific departments that were experiencing problems with productivity and bottle necks on providing efficient patient services.

What clients say.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER.

Thank you for contacting Practice Flow Solutions' website. We are dedicated to providing you the services that best meet your needs. In order to provide you with fees and scope of our service we will need a little information about your practice.

We would love to hear from you so let's get in touch!

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885 Woodstock Road, Suite 430-233
Roswell, GA 30075-2274
678.935.7911