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Financial Independence, also known as financial freedom, can give you benefits beyond the obvious financial implications.

In this week's post, columnist Jeff Brown, MD, shares 14 wise quotes about money, investing, and life.

When doctors start practicing physician entrepreneurship, they are often their own worst enemies when it comes to making the necessary adjustments needed to succeed.

However, innovation and biomedical entrepreneurship is a long-distance, tag-team sport, and no one

Sociopaths and those with chronic antisocial behavior seem to appear immune to other's emotions. A study of the neurological reactions of these patients might lend insights into how the rest of us handle the decision-making process.

Spending time around the ocean can be good for your health and your outlook. Perhaps burned out physicians should look into buying a beach house.

Two weeks after the vote that shocked the world, have the predictions of gloom materialized? It's complicated.

Many physicians feel they have lost control of their profession. Here are some key ways doctors can wrest back control.

Naples, while not especially picturesque, offers preserved towns and perfect Neapolitan pizza. The city serves as the port for both Pompeii and Herculaneum, towns frozen in time by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius on Aug. 24, 79 AD.

To some, my ambitious savings and spending goals may seem too difficult. The truth is, anyone can match my financial planning. All it takes is planning and prioritizing.

Most of the success for small medicine practitioners will be determined by how well they practice the art and science of medical practice entrepreneurship, not just practice management, and meet the needs of diverse patient customer segments.

Sick-care innovation is a tag-team sport. Consequently, a key success factor is the ability to state a clear vision and definition of innovation and get all stakeholders pulling the oars in the same direction.

A new study blames the increasingly electronic nature of medicine for exacerbating the physician burnout problem. That story tops this week's PMD Critical List. Also making the list: the perils of treating family members, and New Mexico's top court surprises many with its physician-assisted suicide ruling.

Are you ready for the next market crash? Your money might not be as secure as you think.

Doing nothing in a market downturn is sage advice. Taking advantage and profiting is even better.

In Part 8 of his series on exploring America through the eyes of an immigrant, Eric Anderson, MD, recounts America's emergence as a world power during World War II.

For doctors to capitalize on value-based care, they need to take an active role in ensuring smooth care transitions. New software can help.

Patients are thought of as bad early evangelists for new technologies. Are physicians any better?

The history of business and innovation proves that some of the biggest winners have been the biggest quitters at some point in their career.

Election year factoids can be fun to weave into cocktail party conversation—or can stop the conversation. Pick your group!

Physician burnout isn't just a problem for physicians, it's also a huge cost-driver for healthcare organizations. In this second part of a two-part series, we look at those costs, and how healthcare systems can avoid them.

Four physicians have identical salaries but different spending habits. One becomes financially independent in about 10 years; another may never realize that goal.

Many doctors are perplexed by the apparent conflicts between the business of medicine and the practice of medicine. But what if there was a business model that easily merged both?

I can retire 3 years after I finish fellowship, but I won't. Here's why.

Residency represents the lean years in your lifetime income. Here are five ways to earn extra cash and give yourself some extra financial breathing room.

How much you make from your investments can be greatly affected by how much you pay your financial advisor and whether you pay on a fee-based or commission-based model. Unfortunately, many investors don't realize they're using an ineffective payment model until it's too late.

As more attention is paid to the idea of collaborative care, it's a good time to ask a key question: Why do doctors have such a hard time working together?

Kurt Vonnegut thought we needed a Secretary of the Future. Suppose your healthcare organization hired someone to be the Chief Future Officer?

Getting your ideas to patients can be overwhelming. Getting paid for them is another story.

In the seventh installment on his series about seeing America through the eyes of an immigrant, Eric Anderson, MD, explores some of the major landmarks of the early part of the 20th century.