Core Purpose of a Business
Reading Time - 3 min
Why you should spend 3 minutes reading this:
Failing to understand what you're doing as a business owner or manager will result in your business struggling or going bankrupt
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Every business faces the same challenge:
What can I provide to a customer, where the cost to provide that product/service is less than what they are willing to pay for it.
In the end, a practice/clinic is a business. If your costs become greater than your revenues, your ability to provide care in the community ceases.
There are countless approaches you can take to keep your doors open. You'll need to ask yourself:
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What type of patients do we want to serve?
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What do these patients desire to have?
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What is the patients' ability to pay?
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Based on the services/products cost, does their ability to pay keep us in business?
Although simple, if you're ever wondering, "Does what we're doing make sense?" Ask yourself the four questions above.
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What type of patients do we want to serve?
What do these patients desire to have?
What ability to pay is exhibited by these patients?
Based on the services/products cost, does their ability to pay keep us in business?
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Understanding Direct and Indirect ROI (return on investment)
High-level actions you can take based on this article:
1. Develop a long-term strategy to continually best answer the four key questions above
2. Based on those answers, develop operational teams to execute the work
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