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More answers to your EHR questions

More answers to your EHR questions

Here's a litany of difficult types-along with strategies on how to handle them.

Worried about treating soldiers with combat wounds, the author finds himself facing an unexpected challenge.

If a managed care contract contains financial incentives to limit or withhold treatment, jurors may decide that you neglected necessary care for personal gain.

Healthcare funds

The author learns a lesson about serenity when a patient refuses treatment for her advanced breast cancer.

It's the dark side of prescribing. Here are some enlightened ways to minimize the hassles.

Set up a dedicated phone line for pharmacies, then send them this letter. It will save you time and hassles.

Set up a dedicated phone line for pharmacies, then send them this letter. It will save you time and hassles.

I tried everything I could to diagnose my own problem. But there was one thing I missed.

Dear Pharmacist letter

I listened to lies from my patient's family instead of relying on my own instinct.

Karen and Suzanne were both IV drug abusers who had cardiac valve growths. What they didn't have in common was outcome.

Haste is a factor this year in the absence of a grace period.

A privileged and blessed life; A guide to cancer care and minorities; 7 steps to universal healthcare; You can't always believe your patients

How this young internist helped a reclusive man begin to re-enter society.

Choking on spam? Here's help

The modern-day "Munchausen" will do almost anything to get medical attention—and she's more common than you may think.

Can e-mail visits pay off? Admitting that you don't know; The economics of boutique medicine.

Medicine may look like this in 2050. In 2004, however, limited reimbursement makes such groups a labor of love.

What med schools should really teach

When the author questioned her patients closely, she discovered many didn't take their medications. Here's what she did about it.

This doctor gives presentations for drug companies. Here's how he gets the lucrative gigs.

If a patient refuses to be fired

Slipshod office procedures can trigger a lawsuit. Here's how to clean up your act.

I thought I was saying the right things. Then I realized how pointless my timeworn words were.

On a mission trip to Haiti, an FP rediscovered his surgical skills in the middle of a goat pasture.

For this physician, the end of a week wasn't all that day would mark. His reflections let you share his journey.

If you're not e-prescribing, here's why you should, and how to get started