In the second round of our “Reinventing Your Practice” contest, we invited readers earlier this year to share ideas that they've used to improve patient care by making their practices more clinically effective, patient friendly, and efficient.
After careful consideration of the dozens of contest entries that we received from readers, the four members of our editorial board who served as contest judges identified the six contest participants who submitted the most practical and creative ideas.
Here are the six physicians who have received a digital camera for submitting winning entries:
▸ Dr. S. Germain Cassiere of Shreveport, La.
▸ Dr. Janet Armstrong of Glasgow, Mont.
▸ Dr. Chirayu Shah of Houston, Tex.
▸ Dr. Arnold Jay Simon of Palm Springs, Fla.
▸ Dr. Thomas J. Madejski of Medina, N.Y.
▸ Dr. Nasreen Ilias of St. Louis, Mo.
This month, we're presenting the first two prize-winning contest entries—the two practice tips that earned the highest marks from our contest judges.
In addition to the ideas described on this page, we heard about personalizing the décor of examination rooms, handling patient telephone calls, posting podcasts on a blog Web site, maintaining a computerless office, and many more.
Although we're awarding prizes to six physicians, other readers who submitted useful ideas deserve acknowledgment. In future issues, we'll also publish some of the ideas submitted by the runner-up contestants, and we'd like to express special thanks to them:
▸ Dr. Rajender K. Arora of Maplewood, N.J.
▸ Dr. Mohammed M. Basha of Gainesville, Fla.
▸ Dr. Mark R. Cervi of Greenville, N.C.
▸ Dr. L. Frank Chandler of Chattanooga, Tenn.
▸ Dr. David R. Dorf of Garnerville, N.Y.
▸ Dr. Richard Haddad of Red Bank, N.J.
▸ Dr. June D. Hillelson of Grand Rapids, Mich.
▸ Dr. Ronald Hirsch of Elgin, Ill.
▸ Dr. Charles W. Johnson of Conway, S.C.
▸ Dr. David J. Knudtson of Evanston, Ill.
▸ Dr. Dean E. Kross of Pittsburgh, Pa.
▸ Dr. Barbara E. Magera of Charleston, S.C.
▸ Dr. Srikrishna Nagri of Brooklyn, N.Y.
▸ Dr. William D. Pletcher of Elkhart, Ind.
▸ Dr. A. Praisoody of Gainesville, Fla.
▸ Dr. Michael Schiesser of Bellevue, Wash.
The “Reinventing Your Practice” column will be appearing in the Practice Trends section in the first issue of each month.
We hope you will find ideas in the column that will be useful in your own practice.