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Comment by lee kalpin on June 19, 2010 at 2:52pm

I make my own but there is a company that advertises all kinds of advertising including gift certificates - they put out a catalogue.Can't think of the name right now. Places like Staples/ Business Depot will also design and print them up for you

Comment by Las Vegas Massage In Summerlin on June 19, 2010 at 11:57am

Hi Samantha!

Great question....

I make my own, yet, I'm going to throw this out to my Facebook friends and see what others do. Will report back with the results for ya' ;)

Kris

Comment by Sue Heldenbrand on June 17, 2010 at 5:45pm

I would like to extend an invitation to join my holistic wellness directory under massage therapists. the basic listing is free and gives you a listing by name and state. The premium listing gives you more exposure, links, etc.
http://www.synergisticcenter.com/Directory-listing-form.html

Comment by Michael Wolfes, CLMT, CRP on June 17, 2010 at 11:07am

My listing has been in it for a while already, although I am not aware of any referral hits that I have received from it to date. Thanks for the info though Nancy.
Michael

Comment by Las Vegas Massage In Summerlin on June 17, 2010 at 10:37am

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Hi Nancy!

I'll check it out as well.

Kris

Comment by Kelly Sanders, LMT on June 16, 2010 at 5:33pm

ty checking it out now.

Comment by Nancy Turner on June 16, 2010 at 5:27pm

Hi all, I just posted this in the other forum, but wanted to make sure that you all knew about this great free marketing site, I am already showing up Google and Yahoo. Its called WholeVisit Health www.wholevisit.com, you can sign up for a free health professional account (no gimmicks I checked it out for myself). I was wondering why it was free but simply put its just a site to connect clients to practitioners and further the field of integrative medicine. Enjoy it!

Comment by lee kalpin on May 27, 2010 at 10:39pm

Electronic record keeping is being used more and more, particularly by therapists who work in multi-disciplinary settings, since the doctors, chiropractors and physiotherapists are typically using electronic.
Health histories can be done in one of thee ways. Some therapists email them to the client and ask the client to fill it in electronically and send back. Then they start the electronic file.
Other therapists take the information verbally and type it into the file.
Still others ask the client to fill in a hard-copy file and they scan it into the electronic file.
I would like to keep my Health History to one page but the jurisdiction where I practice (ontario) has a fair amount of required information. It can fit onto one page but only if it's done with a very small font and little space is left for write-in information, so I have gone to 2 pages.
A concern with electronic records is that they should be password-protected for privacy, and they should be backed up. I have had my computer crash and lost a lot of files, and we would not want that to happen with our client files

Comment by Kelly Sanders, LMT on May 27, 2010 at 9:41pm

If you have a laptop with the Island software Massage Office loaded then you can input the data during intake. I did that when I was doing outcall work or independent contract work in a salon. then you can save it to a thumb drive and transfer it to your office computer as time allows. Personally, I like my client history form that is one page. I've had it printed in NCR so I can give the client their copy after session. I'm still working on my out take or feedback form.

Comment by Las Vegas Massage In Summerlin on May 27, 2010 at 3:02pm

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Hello again, Samantha!

Yes, it's another fine line in regards to what we put on our intake form. In my humble opinion, it should be short and to the point. Clients shouldn't have to feel like they are taking a multi-page survey just to get a massage. I have found that exit surveys work well.

As to any legal matters, I've never had any with my massage business. With that being said, for the past 20 years I have also worked in the retail and gaming (slot) business, and have dealt with lawsuits and lawyers quite a bit.

From my own expeience with this, if there's legal action or someone is sued, it doesn't matter if it's one form or twenty, they are most likely going to subpoena all your records. Keep all notes professional and to the point as well as organized.

I'm going to back-track to my previous comments just for a moment.

Yes, I document conversations with clients. I'm not digging or prying into clients personal lives. Some clients talk quite a bit, some don't. Some of my notes are sparse, some have great detail. Newer clients I usually allow to dictate the conversations. If I've built a stronger professinal relationship with someone, I may initiate more of the conversation.

This is a professional relationship; all notes are in regards to massage, benefits of massage, how to market to them further, etc., etc. I'm not attempting to get information to impress them for a date on friday night ;)

I've also taken the time to discuss my 'note taking' with my clients. Not one object. If anything they love it, as again, it's personal to them and makes them feel special. Most people also love it when someone actually LISTENS to them!

Let me get off the soapbox....;)

Kris

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