Opinion

The opioid epidemic is exacting a lethal toll on the country. We must redouble and accelerate efforts to slow-and hopefully reverse-the current opioid epidemic.

Proposed Trusted Exchange Framework aims to make sharing healthcare data a clearer reality.

Price transparency and sales funnels-what do these have in common?

Take steps throughout the life of the practice to ensure that it will ultimately appeal to buyers and command a good price.

Why do doctors feel they need to stay on the job when ill?

A discussion of the benefits and difficulties of the CPC+ program.

A recent study may be first of its kind to report association while also highlights an interesting gender difference in patients.

U.K. study reveals that individuals who maintain a 10- to 30-pound weight loss might achieve diabetes remission, but U.S. authorities question such strict dieting.

In between the headache that is healthcare for physicians these days, Medical Economics has tried to insert some laughter into the crazy and hectic lives of our readers through our Funny Bone Comics. Click through to see which cartoons you got the most joy and laughs from this past year.

Physicians can do their part to help control further escalation of diabetes through several strategies.

A new study points to higher risk in certain ethnic and lower socioeconomic populations due to exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

According to recent surveys, doctors are branching out into non-traditional work more than ever before.

I want to go on record now with a few that the entire team at Medical Economics plans to keep in 2018

The most important thing to keep in mind is that the note must separately substantiate each reported service.

Physicians must confront these difficult conversations

Many physicians are relieved to see 2017 come to an end.

As a physician, you’ve made a career out of improving the well-being of your patients. Make sure you’re setting your practice and yourself up with the tools needed to look after your own financial wellbeing.

Important lessons from physicians and financial advisers who work for them.

EHRs can absorb your valuable time, hurt your bottom line and lead to burnout and a tragically foreshortened career.

Although it is the most fundamental of all things that physicians do, communicating has never been a teaching priority in medical school. The result is that we blame patients for our own deficiencies.

2017 has seen two key advancements for diabetes patients, but affordability remains an issue.

Insulin was invented to be affordable for most everyone, but patients continue to struggle for a key part of treating their diabetes.

Read on to find out how EHRs have been affecting physicians this year.

A look at why more physicians are turning to medical scribes

Primary care may hold the key when it comes to early surveillance and treatment of new HIV infections.

Patients with HIV report having little involvement in their care decisions, but many also report feeling too poorly educated about the options to want the choice.

Read on to find out how uncompensated tasks have been affecting physicians.

Association between the diseases “is complex, not just inverse,” according to researchers.