Archive | December, 2008

Writing succinctly

2 Dec

Below is a paragraph I found on the home page of a popular medical association.

Before: As XYZ association keeps tabs on persistent issues with health plans that impede your ability to care for patients, a few have come to the forefront recently. In response, we’ve created new letter templates for our members that should simplify the process of communicating these issues to health plans. Among other things, the letters address fair payment for immunizations, group visits and mental health services. Easy to download from our Web site, these templates were designed to help you make your practice less about the process, and more about the patients.


I’ve rewritten the paragraph (below) to be more web-friendly.

After: In response to your requests, we have created templates to simplify communication to health plans regarding issues that impede your ability to care for patients. The templates address fair payment for immunizations, group visits and mental health services.

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