Recently on Practice management
- » Physician practices step up data security budgets - Dec. 31, 2012
- » Connected Coverage: Patient satisfaction's impact on physician livelihood - Dec. 24, 2012
- » Brief: Hospital employment more attractive to surgeons - Dec. 24, 2012
- » Column: Don't become ensnared by physician ACO exclusivity clauses - Dec. 24, 2012
- » Column: Employed doctors don't have to lose social media voice - Dec. 24, 2012
- » Autonomy or employment — doctors must not be forced to choose - Dec. 17, 2012
- » Adopted children greeted by doctors who specialize in their needs - Dec. 17, 2012
- » Column: How to save medical office staff from slips, trips and falls - Dec. 17, 2012
- » Connected Coverage: Social media: Physician's friend and foe - Dec. 10, 2012
- » 4 essentials to physician-hospital alignment (MGMA-ACMPE meeting) - Dec. 10, 2012
- » Physician groups eye mergers but blindsided by legal fights - Dec. 10, 2012
- » Hospital chain’s new physician recruiting tool: adding residents - Dec. 10, 2012
- » Connected Coverage: Measuring the extent, and effects, of doctor frustration - Dec. 3, 2012
- » Health care satisfaction appears higher among new immigrants, survey shows - Dec. 3, 2012
- » Column: 3 ways to celebrate the holidays at your medical office - Dec. 3, 2012
- » Med school applicants might want to rethink that last tweet - Nov. 27, 2012
- » Story Comment: AMA meeting: Progress is reported on 5-year strategic plan - Nov. 26, 2012
- » Story Comment: AMA meeting: Delegates adopt physician employment principles - Nov. 26, 2012
- » Patient satisfaction: When a doctor’s judgment risks a poor rating - Nov. 26, 2012
- » Column: 3-point plan protects medical practice technology in disasters - Nov. 26, 2012
- » EHR confidentiality tests teen trust - Nov. 20, 2012
- » Connected Coverage: Down home and long-distance solutions to rural doctor shortage - Nov. 19, 2012
- » Cases highlight tension between records requests and privacy protections - Nov. 19, 2012
- » Study quantifies practice boost from physicians delegating tasks - Nov. 19, 2012
- » What a buyer wants in your physician practice - Nov. 19, 2012
- » Doctors describe pressures driving them from independent practice - Nov. 19, 2012
- » Story Comment: AMA adopts principles to govern possible Medicare switch to a defined-contribution system - Nov. 13, 2012
- » Where growth is coming in telemedicine - Nov. 13, 2012
- » Passwords make doctors vulnerable, but solutions are easy - Nov. 12, 2012
- » Column: What doctors should ask insurers before joining ACOs or medical homes - Nov. 12, 2012
- » Story Comment: AMA delegates debate defined-contribution Medicare financing - Nov. 11, 2012
- » Recruiters say why it’s getting tougher to hire primary care doctors - Nov. 6, 2012
- » Column: Simple steps to good customer service in medicine - Nov. 5, 2012
- » Column: Some early signs that your EHR is working as hoped - Oct. 29, 2012
- » Hospitals seeking to hire doctors who “play well with others” - Oct. 23, 2012
- » Who still wants to be a country doctor? - Oct. 22, 2012
- » Physician office visits edge up as preventive care makes gains - Oct. 15, 2012
- » Column: What to do when someone badmouths a physician or practice - Oct. 15, 2012
- » MedPAC moves toward backing geographic pay reductions - Oct. 12, 2012
- » Are you mentally ready to retire? - Oct. 8, 2012
- » Column: What to consider before switching to concierge medicine - Oct. 8, 2012
- » Column: How to sell staffers on change, big and small - Oct. 8, 2012
- » Patients seek strong say in how their data are used - Oct. 3, 2012
- » Column: Can a computer game help practices keep data secure? - Oct. 1, 2012
- » ACGME extends accreditation abroad to improve physician training - Oct. 1, 2012
- » Column: For doctors in all practice settings: a new AMA voice - Oct. 1, 2012
- » Patients describe what they consider good customer service - Oct. 1, 2012
- » Large settlement for data breach sends message to lock up laptops and smartphones - Sept. 28, 2012
- » EHR implementation: How common blunders can alienate your patients - Sept. 24, 2012
- » More cardiologists embrace working for hospitals - Sept. 24, 2012
- » Case manager workloads not uniform - Sept. 19, 2012
- » Device theft poses greatest risk for health data breaches - Sept. 18, 2012
- » Column: The impact of a growing senior physician population - Sept. 17, 2012
- » Women face cultural barriers in academic medicine - Sept. 17, 2012
- » Expanded access to primary care linked to lower health costs - Sept. 17, 2012
- » 4-day workweek popular for doctors’ flexible scheduling - Sept. 17, 2012
- » Doctors who view medicine as a calling are more satisfied - Sept. 10, 2012
- » Column: From physician frustration to physician satisfaction - Sept. 10, 2012
- » Employing more physicians stabilizes hospital finances - Sept. 10, 2012
- » Many hospitals recruiting doctors continually - Sept. 10, 2012
- » Column: 6 tips for marketing a practice outside social media - Sept. 10, 2012
- » Checklist developed to help determine viability of quality pay programs - Sept. 6, 2012
- » More complex EHRs can result in declines of quality measures - Sept. 4, 2012
- » Evolution of the hospitalist - Sept. 3, 2012
- » Column: Protecting a practice against embezzlement and theft - Sept. 3, 2012
- » Column: Will concierge medicine’s image improve as it evolves? - Sept. 3, 2012
- » GME funding showdown looms in Washington - Aug. 27, 2012
- » ACA rules on women’s coverage create confusion in practices - Aug. 27, 2012
- » Expansion stanches losses at large practices - Aug. 23, 2012
- » FTC order could give physicians a way out of noncompete deals with hospitals - Aug. 22, 2012
- » When you need an actuary - Aug. 20, 2012
- » Finances most likely reason for large-group doctors to seek new jobs - Aug. 20, 2012
- » Column: How physician practices can stir up Pinterest - Aug. 20, 2012
- » Longtime culture of mistreating students persists at med schools - Aug. 13, 2012
- » Column: Suspect embezzlement? Here’s what to do - Aug. 13, 2012
- » Tax delinquents still drawing Medicaid pay, GAO reports - Aug. 10, 2012
- » Medical ID theft: Double danger for doctors - Aug. 6, 2012
- » Half of medical practice EHR shoppers not first-time buyers - Aug. 6, 2012
- » Satisfaction scores seen as crucial to physician success - Aug. 6, 2012
- » Physicians seeing patient visits rebound in 2012 - Aug. 6, 2012
- » Column: Determining if a case manager is right for your practice - Aug. 6, 2012
- » Column: Determining if a case manager is right for your practice - Aug. 6, 2012
- » Risk adjustment needed when doctor pay is based on patient load - Aug. 2, 2012
- » Lawmakers warned of demise of solo medical practices - July 30, 2012
- » Hospital system and insurer end long battle by reaching deal - July 25, 2012
- » 3 steps to quality pay for physicians - July 23, 2012
- » Hospitals behind physician recruiting for not-so-solo practices - July 23, 2012
- » Column: Tips on negotiating an employment contract for part-time practice - July 16, 2012
- » Column: How to avoid turning over patient accounts to a collection agency - July 16, 2012
- » Column: How to avoid turning over patient accounts to a collection agency - July 16, 2012
- » 5 mistakes doctors make when borrowing money - July 15, 2012
- » Hectic pace pressures medical practices on quality - July 11, 2012
- » 3 ways doctors can take on insurers - July 10, 2012
- » Hiring for your medical practice's culture - July 10, 2012
- » Doctors' love-hate relationship with EHRs - July 10, 2012
- » Column: How to get patients to pay their bills - July 9, 2012
- » News Compensation for clerkship positions opposed - July 2, 2012
- » Shift to medical home may not increase patient satisfaction - July 2, 2012
- » Patients open to care options that don’t involve physicians - July 2, 2012
- » Sharp increase expected in number of nurse practitioners - July 2, 2012
- » Column: How physicians should choose a health information exchange - July 2, 2012
- » 4 ways social media can improve your medical practice - June 25, 2012
- » Connected Coverage: Advice on hiring for physician practices - June 25, 2012
- » Physicians collect bonuses for medical home participation - June 25, 2012
- » Physicians at 2,600 hospitals linked in new health care database - June 25, 2012
- » AMA offers advice on obtaining, using contracted fee schedules - June 20, 2012
- » Strike a balance as a boss - June 20, 2012
- » Consumer Reports starts rating primary care practices - June 18, 2012
- » Hectic pace pressures medical practices on quality - June 18, 2012
- » How physicians get paid for call coverage is shifting - June 18, 2012
- » Discussion: Meaningful use’s stage 2: A recipe for failure - June 11, 2012
- » Survey finds employed doctors mostly satisfied with their jobs - June 11, 2012
- » Column: How to keep medical practice peace in a political season - June 11, 2012
- » Drugs in physician sample closets often past expiration dates - June 5, 2012
- » Hiring for your medical practice's culture - June 4, 2012
- » Connected Coverage: Getting the most out of EHRs - June 4, 2012
- » Doctors quick to adopt tablets into practice - June 4, 2012
- » Column: How to make the most of patient scheduling reminders - June 4, 2012
- » Specialty closely linked to success of medical liability actions - May 30, 2012
- » Case managers become bigger factor in primary care - May 30, 2012
- » Demand for locum tenens physicians has slowed - May 28, 2012
- » Some large employers look to direct contracting with doctors - May 23, 2012
- » Column: Should doctors stop patients from taking smartphone pictures? - May 21, 2012
- » GAO: Doctors should submit more data to get meaningful use money - May 17, 2012
- » Health plans providing detailed cost estimates of doctor visits - May 15, 2012
- » Discussion: Physicians will lead ACOs forward - May 14, 2012
- » Column: The best ways to market your practice at local events - May 14, 2012
- » Physician gift tracking by drug companies delayed until 2013 - May 10, 2012
- » More than half of patients consider budget before making medical visits - May 9, 2012
- » Requiring practices to post union rights delayed - May 8, 2012
- » Doctors' love-hate relationship with EHRs - May 7, 2012
- » Column: How to oversee practice staff’s appearance — legally - May 7, 2012
- » $100,000 HIPAA fine designed to send message to small physician practices - May 2, 2012
- » Decline in doctor visits impacts calculations of insurance costs - May 1, 2012
- » Column: Doctors can risk lawsuits when writing about patients - April 30, 2012
- » Column: Senior physicians keep working, putting off the R-word - April 30, 2012
- » Many young doctors worried about future of medicine - April 30, 2012
- » Patients want to use social media tools to manage health care - April 30, 2012
- » Prices for doctor services lag behind inflation - April 30, 2012
- » Column: Contracts can make hospital employment less secure than doctors think - April 30, 2012
- » Column: 3 steps to EHR training for new staff members - April 30, 2012
- » Regulatory compliance alone not protecting practices against data breaches - April 26, 2012
- » Health system changes inspire more med students to pursue dual degrees - April 23, 2012
- » Physicians feeling pressure from patients’ financial problems - April 23, 2012
- » Column: How mobile devices can help a physician land a job - April 23, 2012
- » Neonatal webcams welcome the ever-present parents - April 16, 2012
- » Pilot not entitled to noneconomic damages after HIV status disclosed - April 16, 2012
- » Search is on to cure EHR alert fatigue - April 16, 2012
- » Column: Some physicians say home is where the practice is - April 16, 2012
- » Health care hiring wobbles in March - April 12, 2012
- » Civil liberties group criticizes health information exchanges over privacy - April 10, 2012
- » 5 mistakes doctors make when borrowing money - April 9, 2012
- » Column: Can a specialty practice be a patient-centered medical home? - April 9, 2012
- » Data breaches of small businesses, including doctor offices, on the rise - April 5, 2012
- » Academic medical centers may face shrinking profits - April 4, 2012
- » Practices must be trained in OSHA’s new labeling guidelines - April 3, 2012
- » Hospital mergers, acquisitions expected to maintain quick pace - April 2, 2012
- » Column: 7 missed opportunities of not creating an online presence - April 2, 2012
- » Doctors’ unconscious racial biases leave patients dissatisfied - March 30, 2012
- » Pharma scales back drug samples to physician offices - March 26, 2012
- » Medical financial stress greatest among families with children - March 26, 2012
- » EHR adoption rates jump for solo practices - March 26, 2012
- » More doctors work part time, flexible schedules - March 26, 2012
- » C. diff causes concern in primary care, other outpatient settings - March 19, 2012
- » Column: Should your medical practice use a credit report in hiring? - March 19, 2012
- » Health care job growth sets record - March 15, 2012
- » AMA offers guide to new payment models - March 13, 2012
- » How selling a practice kept it in the family - March 12, 2012
- » Connected Coverage: What's behind more patients avoiding the physician office? - March 12, 2012
- » Economy leads physician to shutter solo practice, join U.S. Army - March 12, 2012
- » Column: Practices can use EMRs to join more clinical trials - March 12, 2012
- » Physicians and hospitals must make websites more patient-friendly, study says - March 5, 2012
- » Column: Physicians shouldn't assume outside work is OK with employer - March 5, 2012
- » United to attach performance conditions to more doctors' pay - Feb. 29, 2012
- » Hiring veterans can give physician practices tax advantages - Feb. 28, 2012
- » Physician rating website reveals formula for good reviews - Feb. 27, 2012
- » Column: Giving technology tips to older doctors should be done delicately - Feb. 27, 2012
- » Hospitals ramp up physician training for leadership roles - Feb. 23, 2012
- » Florida company aims to spend $300 million for physician practices - Feb. 21, 2012
- » Column: Why some practices stopped accepting patients' cash - Feb. 20, 2012
- » Dartmouth Atlas Project moves beyond Medicare data - Feb. 14, 2012
- » Ambulatory setting expected to provide more job growth than hospitals - Feb. 13, 2012
- » What's behind WellPoint's pay raise for primary care doctors? - Feb. 13, 2012
- » Strike a balance as a boss - Feb. 13, 2012
- » Column: How to keep sick staffers at home and healthy ones at work - Feb. 13, 2012
- » Discussion: Become an informed tech shopper - Feb. 6, 2012
- » Column: How your practice can get the most from tech support - Feb. 6, 2012
- » Oregon requires concierge physicians to register with insurance department - Feb. 1, 2012
- » Patients feel a little more confident they can pay for care - Jan. 30, 2012
- » Hospital hiring of physicians picks up steam - Jan. 30, 2012
- » Column: Successful cloud-based EMR should include data rights in vendor's contract - Jan. 30, 2012
- » Hospital employment pits work rules against physician rights - Jan. 23, 2012
- » Practice management companies look to ACOs for growth - Jan. 23, 2012
- » Demand for medical office buildings expected to flourish - Jan. 17, 2012
- » Small and midsize practices planning tablet computer buying spree - Jan. 16, 2012
- » Small medical practices greatly at risk for data breaches - Jan. 16, 2012
- » Column: How to conquer clutter in your physician office - Jan. 16, 2012
- » Physician offices record strong job growth in 2011 - Jan. 12, 2012
- » Practices and hospitals differ over safety of cloud-based data - Jan. 11, 2012
- » 5 simple ways to cut medical practice costs - Jan. 9, 2012