The Jimboomba Junction Family Practice (QLD) – Fast Growth

Hi David,

It is a pleasure to offer a testimonial of your services. In late 2005 I was privileged to be in the audience of a presentation by Mr David Dahm – a name I had not heard before.

David was an enthusiastic and motivating gentleman with a passion for business management relating to the Medical Profession. I never forgot his name.

In 2006, my wife and I were offered purchase of a General Practice in which we had both worked for some years. We sought the advice of David Dahm.

David and his team were instrumental in the purchase, and more recently, the total upgrade and relocation of our now successful General Practice. We moved from a small dwelling with three doctors, into a space of over 300m2, currently housing nine doctors and several allied health professionals.

David and his loyal team have allowed us to structure our business and practice management in a way that enables it to now run as a well oiled and, most importantly, legally safe medical practice.

The advice we receive from David and his team is both instructive and educational – allowing us ultimately to run with a high degree of autonomy and confidence.

Emma and I now enjoy a work environment that is safe, successful and most importantly runs with a fantastic admin, nursing and medical team.

I remember with some trepidation building a ‘big practice’, wondering where the Doctors would come from to fill our consulting rooms. David’s reassuring words now ring true: “Don’t worry Rod, they will come to you (once you have a well structured practice)”. I thought he was mad. We now find ourselves turning Doctors away!

It is without hesitation I recommend the services of Health and Life under the wings of David Dahm.

Kindest Regards

Rod.
Dr Rod Willet principal of Jimboomba Junction Family Practice

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The Geralton Medical Group (GMG) (WA) - The First BRW Fast 100 Medical Practice – High Performance Growth

2008 Our Client the Geraldton Medical Group the highly respected National Business Review Weekly called the BRW Fast 100 companies in Australia

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“Health & Life have been our business advisors & accountants for over five years. During this period we have grown from a 4-doctor practice to an 18-doctor practice. David Dahm and his team have been providing an outstanding service which has accumulated in a BRW Fast 100 Award for our practice: 98th fastest growing business in Australia.

I have worked closely with David on some major projects that really helped our practice move forward. David knows what he is talking about, is easy to work with and has excellent negotiating skills combined with strong strategic thinking. It’s clear to me that David’s true heart lies with general practice.

Health & Life have assisted us to build a sustainable and efficient multidisciplinary health centre that meets the best practice standards. It is a pleasure working with such a professional team that is able to make the difference.”
Dr Edwin Kruys Geraldton Medical Group Principal

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MidWest Health (SA) - Growth and relinquishing the dream

After 25 years of working as medical practitioners, my brother and I began to imagine and plan how we were going to wind down and enjoy the fruits of our labour.

Since the mid 1970s we had operated clinics in West Croydon and Prospect and while we were looking to slow down our involvement in the day-to-day running of the practices, we were not prepared to just sell up and handover all that we had developed over the years.

Around this time I was fortunate to have heard David Dahm speak at a conference in Adelaide and he immediately impressed me with the ideas and insights on how to manage and structure a practice.
Times were changing within the profession and attracting the right GPs and retaining them was becoming more difficult as more opportunities were opening up for young and ambitious doctors.

In 2002, we built a multi-discipline Medical Centre at Beverley, in the western suburb of Adelaide .It was then we realised that our existing structures and accounting procedures were not capable of taking us into the future.

We had long held the idea that we wanted to work less but the reality was we were working harder than ever before.

That was until we engaged David who quickly taught us to work smarter which in turn enabled us to grow and strengthen our practice without relinquishing our dream to start enjoying life outside the practice.

Importantly, the procedures, methods and practices David implemented enabled us to create a practice that not only attracted the right professionals, but made it attractive enough for them to want to invest in our practice.

Through his advice, the centre has grown from 2.5 doctors to the present 10 working out of 12 consulting rooms.

We now also provide Dental, Podiatry, Psychology, Physiotherapy, Speech Pathology, Pharmacy and Pathology Collection Centre as well as a range of other Specialist medical services.

It has been through the advice that David has given us on financial planning, on business accounting and leasing, that we have been able to run an efficient and well structured practice.

Naturally the ultimate beneficiaries are our patients who have access to a comprehensive, professionally delivered range of medical services that our medical centre can offer.

I totally recommend the services of Health and Life under the control of David Dahm.

Dr Pasquale Cocchiaro: M.B.B.S. (Adelaide) SA
Principal Director: Midwest Health
Chair: Adelaide Western General Practice Network

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