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Many chiropractors seem to operate just fine with one, or maybe two, office computers. So when someone tells you it’s time to take a serious look at networking your computer system, you may have some important questions, such as: “Do I really need to network?”; “What about the cost of equipment?”; “Do I need to […]

It seems that every time we turn around, something new is being introduced in the world of computerization, including more advanced ATMs, paying at the pump for gas, and the ability to get just about everything we could possibly need on the Internet. The reason computerization is happening at such a rapid pace is simple. […]

Thanks to all the media attention the “Y2K bug” has received, nearly everyone in the world has heard of it, and most people have formed an opinion about its potential impact. While some of the information has been accurate in describing the problem, most reports seem to focus only on the technical issues. The majority […]

Having a chiropractic website, or even having a single web page, was practically unheard of just four years ago. At that time, most existing and potential patients would have found a website to be relatively pointless, because only a minority of them were online. It has become quite a different story today. Now a significant […]

More and more DCs are sharing practices with MDs, DOs, PTs, MTs, acupuncturists, psychologists and other healthcare professionals. One of the reasons for this trend is that some DCs are getting locked out of managed care, which is starting to include Workers’ Compensation and Personal Injury in some states.<2/p> More and more practice-management consultants are […]

Every chiropractic practice can claim a legitimate income-tax deduction for the expenses incurred when principals and employees attend a convention, trade show or other professional meeting. The practice must simply be able to show, if asked, that the meeting benefited their trade or business. Unfortunately, you cannot deduct the expenses from taking a spouse or […]

Part Two in a Three-Part Series In May, the first installment of our series on designing your first office covered elements of the “planning phase.” We discussed steps such as finding the right location, determining space requirements, and choosing a layout. In this installment, we encounter the “construction phase,” which includes shopping for office space, […]

The varied responses from other chiropractors never cease to amaze me when I ask if they are performing Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE) in their offices. Some say they do not know what they are. Others get the “deer in the headlight” look and yet others go into a long dissertation of their office programs. So […]

The Phenomenon of CTDs and RSIs Cumulative trauma disorder (CTD) and repetitive strain injuries (RSI) are words used synonymously to describe a phenomenon that is becoming prevalent in the industrial world. CTD and RSI are described as a variety of musculoskeletal disorders relating to tendons, ligaments and joints. They also include nerve-entrapment and vascular syndromes. […]

As the executive director of a non-profit organization for chiropractic health consultants, it has been my pleasure during recent years to become familiar with many various chiropractic industrial networks. For the purpose of this article, let’s define a chiropractic industrial network (CIN) as: a group or system of two or more Doctors of Chiropractic, cooperatively […]