{"id":7687,"date":"2026-09-29T05:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/?p=7687"},"modified":"2026-10-13T06:02:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T11:02:03","slug":"does-your-chiropractic-and-healthcare-practice-have-rhythm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/does-your-chiropractic-and-healthcare-practice-have-rhythm\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Your Chiropractic and Healthcare Practice Have Rhythm?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/d7f89d_17b57b5e35f24788aa6ce9496a4e6f01~mv2.png\/v1\/fill\/w_1280,h_853,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/d7f89d_17b57b5e35f24788aa6ce9496a4e6f01~mv2.png\" alt=\"daily, weekly, monthly team meetings the chiropractic way\" width=\"441\" height=\"297\" \/><em>Team Meetings the Right Way<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Gerber made the case in The E-Myth:<\/strong> a business runs well on its systems, not on the owner&#8217;s heroics.<\/p>\n<p>This includes delivery systems, marketing systems, and revenue systems.<\/p>\n<p>But the one system that runs all the others is the management system. And the heart of the management system is simple. It&#8217;s your meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Meetings? Aren&#8217;t they a waste of time?<\/p>\n<p>They can be. But done right, they can be the heartbeat of your practice that keeps it on track \u2013 and improves it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CHIROPRACTIC TEAM MEETINGS DONE RIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, let&#8217;s get the format down \u2013 simply:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>each team member checks in<\/li>\n<li>the numbers get reviewed<\/li>\n<li>the plans get adjusted<\/li>\n<li>and the goals get set.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your meetings are where you check the other systems. Without them, every other system can slowly drift.<\/p>\n<p>But here is a fact even I haven&#8217;t fully appreciated: the most essential element to these meetings is <em>just doing them regularly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A meeting that happens &#8220;when we get around to it&#8221; has already drifted. The other systems will soon follow. You&#8217;ll see it in your declining numbers soon.<\/p>\n<p>Verne Harnish discusses this in his 2002 book, <em>Mastering the Rockefeller Habits<\/em>. He calls regular meetings &#8220;rhythm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Regular team meetings require structure and discipline. You and your chiropractic and healthcare team will be facing the raw facts of how you are doing individually and as a team \u2013 for better or worse.<\/p>\n<p>By maintaining the discipline of routinely scheduled team meetings and following the basic format above:<\/p>\n<p>You will prevent practice crashes<\/p>\n<p>You will be constantly working to improve the quality and quantity of your services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>YOUR MANAGEMENT RHYTHM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each meeting begins with the &#8220;End in Mind,&#8221; as Stephen Covey recommends.<\/p>\n<p>That is\u2026Goals!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a rhythm of basic meetings we&#8217;ve used in many offices as part of the <strong>Goal Driven System:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Daily &#8211; Morning Huddle<\/strong> (10 minutes). Before the first patient, the whole team meets away from patients.\n<ol>\n<li><em>Case management<\/em>: The manager reviews the day&#8217;s schedule, ideally with a short printout for everyone. The manager or doctor flags patients who need a re-exam, a financial consultation, or another procedure.<\/li>\n<li><em>Daily goals<\/em>: Visits, new patients, and attendance at tonight&#8217;s health class.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weekly &#8211; Team Meeting<\/strong> (30 minutes). Led by the manager or director. Each person gives a quick report on their week, including key numbers for their area. It&#8217;s a fast &#8220;show and tell.&#8221; The director reports on the whole week, reviews action steps on projects, and sets next week&#8217;s goals. That&#8217;s it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monthly &#8211; Team Meeting<\/strong> (40 minutes). Same format as the weekly meeting, plus planning upcoming projects and setting the month&#8217;s goals. The director also reminds the team of their purpose, their Why, perhaps with a patient success story.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once these are in place, other types of meetings can occur, including quarterly marketing meetings, meetings with your accountant, investment manager, etc.<\/p>\n<p>And for practice owners who want to do their best, there are regular calls and visits with your practice consultant.<\/p>\n<p>Like us!<\/p>\n<p>Give us a call. We can help.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay Goal Driven,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ed and all of us at PM&amp;A<\/p>\n<p><em>Read about the Goal Driven System in the book for practice owners, The Goal Driven Business.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Meetings the Right Way Michael Gerber made the case in The E-Myth: a business runs well on its systems, not on the owner&#8217;s heroics. This includes delivery systems, marketing systems, and revenue systems. But the one system that runs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/does-your-chiropractic-and-healthcare-practice-have-rhythm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,571,567],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chiropractic-2","category-goal-driven","category-goal-driven-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7688,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7687\/revisions\/7688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}