Omar Zalatimo

I think overall most organizations do a poor job in recruitment. Many large organizations have admin do the hiring, which does not account for adequate clinic practice and culture assessment and when the docs get involved it is too late and we do not afford it the time it deserves. Often, we hope disruptive docs will not want to continue in a…[Read more]

Hey Joe,

Thanks for the tips, it is a VOIP, I will look into some of the metrics.

Thanks,

-oz

There are two major problems currently facing our practice.

The first one is our phone call answering algorithm. We still get patients stating that they are not able to get through to staff during normal business hours. Some say the number rings and rings endlessly and others say they leave messages and never get called back. One way to determine…[Read more]

I would agree with the prior statements. This financial statement is all over the place and does more to confuse than to provide actionable information. While this has been the method most healthcare organizations follow, it seems as though times may be changing with more realistic accounting.

Another issue in many institutions I have worked with…[Read more]

I think we have all attended meetings run poorly and some run well. I agree that often the leader or facilitator has the responsibility and the ability to control much of that. For the bad meeting side, we have a quarterly meeting with a small group where a few members often hijack the discussion. The unnecessarily long and unproductive rants…[Read more]

Hi , I am Omar Zalatimo. I live and work in Baltimore. I completed my medical school and training at Penn State Hershey in neurosurgery. As it was stated in the intro video, business skills are not taught in our education, though they are demanded from our practices. I was excited to see that MedChi had this program.