Do your patients take your advice?
This doctor reveals why she'll keep doing her job—despite patients who eat cheese and don't listen.
Malpractice: One patient's suit saved another's life
Preparing his defense in a similar case may have helped this doctor spot the symptoms of a near-fatal condition.
Scheduling drug reps online
Companies offering online sales appointment scheduling say they can make your practice life easier. Are they right?
The AMA's charm offensive
Outlook
Latest Research
A summary of the "must-read" articles from the journals in that pile on your desk.
Adding Ancillaries: Botox injections
This is the seventh in a series of articles on specific ancillary services that can boost your bottom line and keep you and your practice busy in a competitive market.
Medication errors: An mg of prevention
Most medication errors are easily avoidable.
Adding Ancillaries: Counseling for smokers
This is the sixth in a series of articles on specific ancillary services that can boost your bottom line and keep your practice busy in a competitive market.
Malpractice: My very close call
A bad scare with a difficult diagnosis taught this doctor the importance of thorough treatment and careful records.
After-hours answering machines
Malpractice Consult
Adding Ancillaries: Clinical trials
This is the fifth in a series of articles on specific ancillary services that can boost your bottom line and keep you and your practice busy in a competitive healthcare market.
New year, new plan
This doctor has a unique plan to be the finest person and best doctor he can be.
Familiar, comfortable, safe
How buying a house helped this physician make his patients feel at home in his practice.
The Way I See It: Report cards deserve an F
A numbers-only P4P agenda shouldn't reward—or punish.
Malpractice: Can you spot potential plaintiffs?
Here are some of the obvious warning signs, and what you can do to keep a patient out of court.
I should've kept my mouth shut!
Long before HIPAA, an embarrassing incident taught this doctor that some conversations should never take place.
Patient safety: Will doctors trust the Feds?
A new law establishes a voluntary system for reporting medical errors. Critics applaud the effort but raise doubts that doctors will participate.
How to size up a hospital
Here's what you should know—and how to find it out.
Patient compliance goes high-tech
The latest devices are designed to encourage patients to take their medicines.
After Katrina: Picking up the pieces
Physicians on the battered Gulf Coast are getting back to a new normal.
Investment Consult
Money markets: Worth another look
The exam room is my sanctuary
Delivering basic care to patients makes practice hassles bearable, says the author.
Adding ancillaries: Laser hair removal
This is the first in a series of articles on specific ancillary services that can boost your bottom line and keep you and your practice busy in a competivtive healthcare market.
Letters to the Editors
Clip and Copy-Medicare's drug coverage: Resources for patients
This handout will help your patients find answers to their questions.
Why wasn't Arthur getting better?
The patient seemed blas? about his critical health problems. In truth, he was acting more out of shame than indifference.
Last Word
PBM roadblocks: Designed to frustrate
MURDERED
A popular young doctor lay dead. The prime suspect: A fellow physician.