Lifestyle

Everyone seems to want to make patients better consumers. But will doing so actually cause them to change their habits?

How do you transform your personal finances in a hurry? One way is to utilize existing models for institutional transformation.

Going paperless isn't a new idea, yet many healthcare organizations continue to resist the idea, despite data suggesting patients like paperless billing and are more likely to pay their bills in a timely fashion when they can do so online.

As data pile up about the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle, here are a few ways you can stand up for standing up in your workplace.

Investor crowd-funding might be just the thing for internal medicine residents who don't want to work for the Man.

A new study finds fully one-third of medical residents experience depression, yet few talk about it and their employers generally have few resources to help. That story tops this week’s PMD Critical List. Also making the list: Data-mining aims to help limit lawsuits and improve patient safety; and a scientific answer to why boys seems to be more interested in sports.

Here's a look at our five most popular stories from last week.

Early retirement may not be advisable or desirable for some physicians. Others crave the option. Here are five great reasons to consider an early retirement.

A Wyoming town known as a stopover for Yellowstone visitors is earning a reputation as a chocolate-lover's paradise thanks to a cowboy-turned-chocolatier.

Someday, a visit to the doctor might be replaced by a visit to an electronics store, to purchase technology with the ability to diagnose your condition at home.

Innovation experts and consultants come in two flavors: linear and messy. The two approaches yield vastly different results.

Asking for money in any setting is awkward for many folk. But it doesn’t have to be, if you have a plan.

A new report looks at salary, work environment, job markets, and other factors to come up with the 10 best states to be a nurse.

The idea of taking your planning out 10 years may seem, at best, overwhelming. But this type of projection is particularly important if you’re entering the later stages of your physician career, because the decisions you make now will have a big impact on how and when you retire.

An Indiana dermatologist says dermatology is a natural fit for telemedicine. He's created an app that connects patients and doctors 24 hours a day.

Planning for higher education costs is an important part of a comprehensive financial plan. However, it's important to be fully informed before opening up a college savings account.

Creating immigration barriers for talented foreign medical school graduates is dysfunctional and unproductive, given our sick-care workforce needs and the global war for talent.

Mega-universities might be what it takes to solve mega-societal and biomedical problems, but maybe we should just try to do a better job of connecting dots at multi-campus universities already in place.

In an earlier column, we looked at what appeared to be an unstoppable trend: The move toward automated investment advice, also known as "robo-advising." Lately, however, the concept has hit a rough patch.

Doctors often get hit up with "exciting investment opportunities." In this week's column, Greg Kelly recounts an investment opportunity his physician father thought of as "the one that got away."

Sedona, AZ, delivers the west with legendary landscapes. Simply looking out the car window is a treat in this red rock country of pastel painted bluffs, buttes, and boldly shaped geological formations.

Imagine this: You’re finally done with medical schooland now you're ready to dive into the career you love... and actually get paid for it! Here are three problems to avoid when the paychecks finally come.

As more and more data and more and more precision have come into medicine, patients have the ability to take a larger role in their healthcare. How should physicians facilitate that?

Crowds can often make better decisions than any one person. They can also make a lot of noise.

More and more doctors have decided to make a transition from clinical practice or leave it altogether to pursue opportunities as physician entrepreneurs. However, the transition can be tricky. Follow this guide to avoid common mistakes.

Aside from one's children, your house and your car are the most valuable items and thus shutterbugs want to photograph them. But how do you accurately capture the personality of a car in a photograph?

One of the best gifts a parent can give her child is an early savings strategy to pay for the child's college or other expenses. Here's a simple plan that will give you flexibility and security.

The nation spends an estimated half-trillion dollars each year to fight pain, but research and the growing opioid epidemic suggest there's plenty of room for improvement.

Patients are getting tired of waiting for someone to meet their needs and the needs of their families.

Costa Rica, a “land bridge†between North and South America, features an incredible diversity of ecological zones from cloud forests, to mangrove swamps, rain forests, marshes, and coral reefs.