Learning from my mistakes
This doctor believes in the saying, "Admitting error clears the score, and proves you wiser than before."
Where the jobs are
While specialists are in high demand, primary care doctors can still find work?especially those willing to practice in Small Town, USA.
Make your practice more profitable
Doctors are finding nontraditional ways to supplement stagnant practice earnings--selling everything from pregnancy calendars to advice on aging. Here&s what works.
Job search strategies that really work
Your best resource when looking for employment in this high-tech age? It's that old standby--other people.
Malpractice Consult
Don't fumble the patient handoff
Financial Beat
Teens, Real Estate, Savings
Sometimes, tough love is the best care
When her suicidal patient balked at going straight to the psychiatric hospital, the author put her foot down and was rewarded in more ways than one.
My brief but exhilarating ride in the fast lane
After leasing a powerful new sports car, the author enrolls in a high-performance driving school. The trick now is to survive the two-day course.
Reimbursements: Inching closer to actual charges
But progress is painfully slow, our latest survey shows. And the pressure on payments isn't letting up.
Education, Fuel Prices, Banking
Investment Derby: Here come the tortoises!
In a single year, the market went from "Raging Bull" to "Cries and Whispers." Four of our five model portfolios did much better
What makes a mutual fund a winner?
Here are six qualities that can help your portfolio soar.
Our '99 fund picks: WOW!
Of 17 stock funds we recommended a year ago, 13 beat the S&P 500?six by more than double.
Your 2001 Financial Guide: Different landscape, same challenge
The world has changed in the 27 years since our first annual Financial Guide--but our mission remains constant: to help you save and invest wisely and profitably.
Do more for your patients by seeing some of them less
You'll have more time in the office for patients who really need it. But don't ignore the legal and economic concerns.
The Internet, Stocks, E-Commerce, Autos
Election 2000: Will the new president overhaul health care?
Don't hold your breath. This year, neither major party candidate is straying far from the political center. Now if Ralph Nader had his way...
PDAs for Doctors: Colleagues rate the leading software
More than 100 medical programs are designed for personal digital assistants. Here's how some key titles stack up.
Clinical connectivity: The future is already here
An intranet at the University of Michigan Health System is pulling patient information together into a useful electronic medical record.
Doctors vs domestic violence: Yes, you can make a difference
Intimate partner abuse is as common--and as much of a medical problem--as smoking, hypertension, and other ills that you routinely ask patients about.
Letters to the Editors
Acupuncture works for both patients and doctors, Might this patient have been telling the truth?, Now the picture is clearer, Have women doctors learned to strike a balance?
Parenting: The hardest, happiest job of all
Most doctors have children?and no end of frustration and joy raising them.
Autos, Stocks, Plastic, Retirement
The night I met penicillin
Pulled out of a snowdrift, the patient seemed near death--the perfect subject for a young intern who'd been hoarding vials of a light brown powder.
I hit the brakes--and a nightmare began
A child darted into the street, changing the author's life forever.
After the hurricane, the healing begins
The Honduran villagers were poor, many sickly, and they'd just endured Hurricane Mitch. But the author saw more smiles in a week than in many months of practice back home.
What's in the box? Is UnitedHealthcare delivering on its promises?
Whether it's cereal or health insurance, you're right to wonder whether there's truth in the hype--and to be concerned about what the "improvements" might cost you.