These are a few resources I thought I would share with you to save you a LOT of time! This is especially great for Healthcare business owners, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners,....
but if you are ANY type of business owner or someone thinking of starting any type of business you will be happy to have this on-hand for later reference.
- Summary of Medical Malpractice Law -Index of Malpractice Laws by State. Great Resource to have for Nurse Practitioners and healthcare providers when you have questions regarding laws, practice issues, and comparing differences from state to state.
- The 2009 Pearson Report -The most recent annual report on Nurse Practitioner laws as published in AJNP. This is a detailed national state-by-state overview of legislation and healthcare issues affecting Nurse Practitioners. Everyone involved in delivering healthcare should be familiar with this report.
- Demographic Resources for Conducting a Market Analysis-Anyone considering opening a business, or for those who are just curious about demographics or doing a research study, this is a comprehensive resource list with numerous choices to provide you with more than enough information. It contains census data, consumer trends in buying and marketing, survey results, and statistical data on income and housing with maps and reports. If you want to find out the age, income, marital status, social and economic status, race, or gender of any area in the nation then you will find it in this list of resources.
- National Institute of Health's Guide to Grants and Contracts- If you are looking for a grant, government contract, or funding opportunity you will likely find it here! This is a very informative website that includes applications, deadlines, and FAQ's on obtaining a grant. Good one to bookmark in case you ever need it!
- Business Licenses and Permits- Whether you are a healthcare provider, purchasing a franchise, or opening a neighborhood deli ..THIS is your starting place! You will definitely want to save this website just in case you ever need it! It will save you several hours and even days of searching for pieces of information! It is an interactive site allowing you to type in your State, County, and City. Once you enter this information it will pull up everything you need to start and operate a business in the designated area. It will walk you through naming a business, incorporating or choosing a legal entity, and even tell you what type of business licenses you will need along with the contact information to obtain it! MUCH better than searching for all of this one at a time.
I hope you find this useful. I certainly have! Please let me know if you have any similar resources to add to this list.
Jennifer Butler,FNP
6 POST COMMENTS:
Great Licenses and Permit informations. Thanks.
Great infomation and site. I'm looking forward to more. I do have one thought for improvement. The name, The Nervewracking Nurse Practitioner, seems a little odd. A nervewracking nurse would be a nurse who wracks one's nerves, which is not a good association. Shouldn't it be The Nervewracked Nurse Practitioner, indicating a nurse practitioner who is busy, harried and at wits end? Am I misinterpreting? Thanks for the great site.
i am in the same boat as most that own their own clinics would it be possible for anyone to help me by contacting me at shelly94@cox.net. thanks,we are all fighting the same war!!!
I found your post really interesting and it has really improved my knowledge on the matter.
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You can save a great deal of time by using email instead of the phone. Routine email is unsecure and therefore not HIPAA compliant, but you can use www.housedoc.us instead, which is an online communication service between patients and their medical providers including NPs, etc. Its free as well as HIPAA compliant, and easy to use.
I wanted to answer the question regarding the reason I chose to use the nervewracking NP..It is because I have gone to everyone imagineable to try to change things for NPs and refused to leave them alone.Most docs in the surrounding small towns where I live do not want an NP to be independent at all, so I have considered myself that nervewracker that won't give up and just go away quietly like they wish. Does that help with the title? and yes, I am Nervewracked too!! thank you for comment!
thanks for the info on housedoc.us, i was not aware of that, and also not aware about it being a hippa violation to communicate through regular email. so thank you very much for that valuable info. I am going to check into that right now.
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