MedEd-Stat | Omar Zalatimo | Activity https://meded-stat.com/medchi/members/ozal36/activity/ Activity feed for Omar Zalatimo. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:15:22 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 300dfbbbc1ac37be1a6954ac27ca1c6d Omar Zalatimo replied to the topic Answer this Question in the forum Business Of Leadership Discussion Forum https://www.es4p.com/medchi/forums/topic/answer-this-question/#post-7980 Fri, 18 May 2018 17:09:15 -0400 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]

]]> eeca8de129c58321a9370a144c5d8692 Omar Zalatimo replied to the topic Contribute To The Discussion Forum By Answering This Question in the forum Leading Improvement Discussion Forum https://www.es4p.com/medchi/forums/topic/contribute-to-the-discussion-forum-by-answering-this-question-2/#post-7979 Fri, 18 May 2018 16:17:20 -0400 Hey Joe,

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

Thanks,

-oz

]]> dc8bf265b7421861958f9874be85f470 Omar Zalatimo replied to the topic Contribute To The Discussion Forum By Answering This Question in the forum Leading Improvement Discussion Forum https://www.es4p.com/medchi/forums/topic/contribute-to-the-discussion-forum-by-answering-this-question-2/#post-7964 Mon, 14 May 2018 01:59:28 -0400 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]

]]> 2dadd9cdd73ef318a7e99eb56802ad58 Omar Zalatimo replied to the topic Contribute To The Discussion Forum By Answering This Question in the forum Practical Tools of Leadership Discussion Board https://www.es4p.com/medchi/forums/topic/contribute-to-the-discussion-forum-by-answering-this-question/#post-7882 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:37:16 -0400 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]

]]> 75ded5bab9ac97c21a1c5922c103ee6a Omar Zalatimo replied to the topic Good meeting Bad Meeting in the forum Quality Leadership Discussion Forum https://www.es4p.com/medchi/forums/topic/good-meeting-bad-meeting/#post-7866 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 12:51:50 -0400 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]

]]> 2fc05737e73972bd01ff9e73a9256755 Omar Zalatimo replied to the topic Introduce Yourself to the Class in the forum Quality Leadership Discussion Forum http://www.es4p.com/medchi/forums/topic/introduce-yourself-to-the-class/#post-7846 Sat, 14 Apr 2018 09:49:07 -0400 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.

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