Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: Teaching kids about medicine--and kindness
Steven D. Kamajian, DO
Follow-up care: Nuts, bolts, carrots, and sticks
An efficient reminder system isn&t enough. You also need ways to motivate patients. Here are tips sure to get results.
"It's time to quit"
In a final act of compassion, the author gave his patient the signal he'd been waiting for.
Diagnostic tools you can't afford to ignore
Despite all the equipment at doctors& disposal, the best indicator of a patient&s condition isn&t high-tech at all.
Malpractice Consult
Physician liability and drug recalls
E-mail patients? Don't be nervous. Do be careful
Yes, you need to be cautious and set up a secure system. But liability risks are much less than many doctors fear, say experts.
Practice Pointers: Scoop up every dollar you've earned
Payers have devised dozens of ways to deny or delay reimbursement. Is your practice doing enough to fight back?
Stark reality: The latest self-referral regs
Let Rep. Pete Stark's intent, and this article, guide you in structuring your practice to keep within those confusing laws.
Fighting the "pickle" in my head
This doctor's experience with a brain tumor and surgery gave him a new outlook on his life and his practice.
Why I give cash to total strangers
The satisfactions of being a stealth philanthropist are many?and including a runner-up award in our Doctors& Writing Contest.
Is this doctor to blame for his brother's death?
Joseph LaBricciosa&s sister-in-law thought so, and sued him for malpractice. But what would you have done in his place?
Practice Beat
Palliative Care, Medical Marijuana, Abortion, Practice Management, Rx Price Controls
Are we doctors, or high priests of healing?
In treating a stubbed toe, the author stumbled upon an enduring truth.
"No, Duke. No divorce"
A conniving patient reminds his physician that to practice medicine is a blessing.
Letters to the Editors
M.E. LTR0806
Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: Patients wonder when he sleeps
Tadeusz J. Majchrzak
Drug Plans for Seniors, Medicare, Our Web Poll, Managed Care, Bureaucracy
Monitor patients online?
New disease management programs are enabling physicians to do just that. Can this help you improve care, or is it just another boondoggle?
Washington Beat
Congress, Lobbying, Public Opinion
These doctors cope with disability. Could you?
Being able-bodied isn't necessarily a requirement for a career in medicine.
How we got ready for a monster storm
A hurricane threatened to pummel the author's community and practice. Here's how he and his patients got through it.
School shootings: Doctors were victims, too
Many physicians who were on the front lines of these incidents have resolved to spend more time with their own kids and young patients. Some have also taken steps to help reduce teen violence nationwide.
Being able-bodied isn’t necessarily a requirement for a career in medicine.
Financial Beat
Tax Fraud, Traffic Safety, Taxes, Investing, Entertainment
Memo From the Editor's Guest: After you've goofed
Guest Ed Memo, in which Dr. Elliott passes along lessons she's learned about how a doctor must deal with his or her mistakes in patient care.
Online Prescribing: How one doctor got caught
An Arizona physician who approved drug orders for an Internet pharmacy believed he was providing patients with "a good service." The state medical board disagreed.
Your Voices
On socialized medicine and travel insurance, On rude patients, On boys, monkeys, and simpler days, On relationships
A little bit of medicine, a lot of hope
After nearly a week of treating patients in Nicaragua, this physician realized that curing isn&t everything. Her story was runner-up for the Young Doctor Award in the Medical Economics Doctors& Writing Contest for 2000.