Let Our Advantage (Program) Be to Your Advantage
By Supporting the Academy Advantage Program, you give back to your Academy. As human beings, it’s natural to want to have a sense of belonging. That’s particularly true of accomplished professionals who want to share their knowledge, experiences, and expertise with their peers. That’s how we all learn, grow, and gain from others’ perspectives—and have a chance to give back. Yet, despite the natural yearning to belong, we all have limited time, energy, and resources to channel our sense of belonging. We have to make choices. With that comes the need to assess our priorities for the never-ending demand on our time, personal commitment, and resources. Bottom line, we need to ask, “What is in it for me?” Let’s face it, we are all looking for what value this affiliation or that affiliation will bring to us. As a specialist in otolaryngology—head and neck surgery, your affiliation with the AAO-HNS is no doubt beneficial and rewarding to you professionally, intellectually, and personally as a common thread with your peers. That said, it’s easy to lose sight of the value proposition of membership and take advantage of only a small share of the opportunities and benefits available to you. Most, if not all of you, are aware of the education discounts available through membership in the AAO-HNS. But did you know that savings and value can be found elsewhere among your member benefits? Take, for example, the AAO-HNS Academy Advantage program. You are probably aware that this is the Academy’s affinity program with “non-endemic” companies, those that are not medical device or pharmaceutical companies. But have you ever considered taking a close look at any of the offerings that these partners make available to you, with special pricing or considerations? True, not all the offerings will be of interest to you, but there are practical, direct benefits to be found by all our members. For instance, let’s take medical liability insurance. You need that, right? We’ve got an app for that! Well, OK, we’ve got a solution provider for that. And yes, there are direct and tangible benefits for you. For example, how about premium discounts and dividends when loss ratios are low? Please take a moment to review the offer and consider taking advantage of real savings available through the medical liability insurance provider—The Doctors Company that is an Academy Advantage Premier Partner. For further details, please visit www.thedoctors.com/aaohns. Another Academy Advantage Premier Partner offers technology solutions that could make you a better communicator and educator with your patients. There’s certainly great value in that. Eyemaginations, with its 3-D visual software, now has designed software for easy-to-show (and carry) platforms such as the iPad, so doctors can better describe conditions, show locations of affected areas using 3-D images, and even make drawings showing surgery procedures and target areas to their patients. This state-of-the-art software may not be for everyone, a few patients may be hoping their otolaryngologists will be using this patient education tool with their offices’ new iPads. For more, visit ent.eyemaginations.com. One final example of the Academy Advantage program offerings that may be useful to your practice at some point is in the area of recruitment. Working with Premier Academy Advantage Partner HEALTHeCAREERS, the Academy offers a dynamic, online job board through its ENT Careers brand. Job candidates can search for job openings within the specialty, and employers are able to post positions that target job-seekers based on their specialty requirement needs. These resources are free to AAO-HNS members seeking jobs, and job posting rates are highly competitive, with volume discounts to employers placing job announcements on ENT Careers. For more, visit www.healthecareers.com/aaohns. There are true advantages to be found by considering those providers within the Academy Advantage program that offer solutions that your practice needs, or may need at some point. Often, there really is strength in numbers, and in this case, it can lead to savings to you through discounts that AAO-HNS has negotiated on your behalf. In other words, why not let the Academy Advantage program work to your advantage? Your participation with these companies also provides direct financial support to our organization. In addition to negotiating discounts on your behalf, each of these companies provides finance support back to the AAO-HNS for each purchase our members make. Visit www.entnet.org/advantage for more information.
By Supporting the Academy Advantage Program, you give back to your Academy.
As human beings, it’s natural to want to have a sense of belonging. That’s particularly true of accomplished professionals who want to share their knowledge, experiences, and expertise with their peers. That’s how we all learn, grow, and gain from others’ perspectives—and have a chance to give back.
Yet, despite the natural yearning to belong, we all have limited time, energy, and resources to channel our sense of belonging. We have to make choices. With that comes the need to assess our priorities for the never-ending demand on our time, personal commitment, and resources. Bottom line, we need to ask, “What is in it for me?” Let’s face it, we are all looking for what value this affiliation or that affiliation will bring to us.
As a specialist in otolaryngology—head and neck surgery, your affiliation with the AAO-HNS is no doubt beneficial and rewarding to you professionally, intellectually, and personally as a common thread with your peers. That said, it’s easy to lose sight of the value proposition of membership and take advantage of only a small share of the opportunities and benefits available to you. Most, if not all of you, are aware of the education discounts available through membership in the AAO-HNS. But did you know that savings and value can be found elsewhere among your member benefits?
Take, for example, the AAO-HNS Academy Advantage program. You are probably aware that this is the Academy’s affinity program with “non-endemic” companies, those that are not medical device or pharmaceutical companies. But have you ever considered taking a close look at any of the offerings that these partners make available to you, with special pricing or considerations? True, not all the offerings will be of interest to you, but there are practical, direct benefits to be found by all our members.
For instance, let’s take medical liability insurance. You need that, right? We’ve got an app for that! Well, OK, we’ve got a solution provider for that. And yes, there are direct and tangible benefits for you. For example, how about premium discounts and dividends when loss ratios are low? Please take a moment to review the offer and consider taking advantage of real savings available through the medical liability insurance provider—The Doctors Company that is an Academy Advantage Premier Partner. For further details, please visit www.thedoctors.com/aaohns.
One final example of the Academy Advantage program offerings that may be useful to your practice at some point is in the area of recruitment. Working with Premier Academy Advantage Partner HEALTHeCAREERS, the Academy offers a dynamic, online job board through its ENT Careers brand. Job candidates can search for job openings within the specialty, and employers are able to post positions that target job-seekers based on their specialty requirement needs. These resources are free to AAO-HNS members seeking jobs, and job posting rates are highly competitive, with volume discounts to employers placing job announcements on ENT Careers. For more, visit www.healthecareers.com/aaohns.
There are true advantages to be found by considering those providers within the Academy Advantage program that offer solutions that your practice needs, or may need at some point. Often, there really is strength in numbers, and in this case, it can lead to savings to you through discounts that AAO-HNS has negotiated on your behalf. In other words, why not let the Academy Advantage program work to your advantage?
Your participation with these companies also provides direct financial support to our organization. In addition to negotiating discounts on your behalf, each of these companies provides finance support back to the AAO-HNS for each purchase our members make.
Visit www.entnet.org/advantage for more information.