Opinion

Physicians can help patients plan and manage holiday temptation so a few days of indulgence doesn’t turn into a new normal in the new year.

One Stanford clinic’s democratic approach to patient care has improved outcomes for the entire team.

Team-based communication and an emphasis on personal resilience have improved one medical system’s employee engagement by more than 20%.

Glucose lowering drugs provide additional cardiovascular benefit to patients with diabetes.

Diabetes and high BMI were responsible for an estimated 800,000 new cases of cancer worldwide in 2012.

A new program developed with the support of CDC aims to streamline vaccine-related functions in EHRs to make administration and reporting easier for clinicians.

There is a new vaccine against shingles, and ACIP has recommended that it replace its predecessor.

Read on to find out how physicians have been struggling to deal with payers this year.

While some third-world nations are making great strides, recent reports suggest massive funding efforts are yielding small results in other parts of the world.

Declining numbers of physicians are entering infectious disease care, but patients with HIV are living longer. A new report proposes a different kind of training track.

Despite skepticism from some physician groups, updated blood pressure guidelines are good for patients and physicians.

An innovative telemedicine model could substantially reduce the burden of chronic hepatitis C infection.

Timely treatment with direct-acting antivirals is highly cost-effective in virtually all patients infected with HCV.

In all aspects of healthcare, we must be able to listen to, and keep confidential, anything that a patient shares, in whatever form it comes. By the same token, we must be able to communicate frankly and openly with patients conveying the necessary message.

In the ongoing examination of U.S. healthcare costs, one economist has found the lone trouble spot: physician salaries.

Technology and workflow fixes are keys to success

The correct way to code when evaluation and management is time-based.

In the book, “What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear,” Danielle Ofri, an associate professor of medicine at the New York University School of Medicine, examines the state of physician-patient communication and what can be done to reduce the distractions and get back to focusing on improving the patient’s health.

Many physicians don’t know where to begin when starting their own practice. Finding and getting referred to the right professional team often is the best first step.

Failure to properly secure electronic Protected Health Information (PHI) can have drastic consequences.

Building blocks to better health.

"Its the society we live in now. I find my patients listen to my advice more if I keep it under 140 characters."

Read on to find out how physicians have been battling quality measures this year.

No matter the profession, everyone wishes they could go back in time and provide sage wisdom to their younger selves to help ease the path that awaits them.

Many patients with HIV experience interruptions in care at some point in their disease.

Two new reports investigate the impact of behaviors and comorbidities and how they affect health outcomes in HIV patients.

To get ready, we are teasing each challenge and how it has affected the healthcare industry. Read on to find out how physicians have been struggling to manage patient satisfaction, and lack thereof, this year.

What the CVS-Aetna deal means for PCPs

Savvy management of prediabetes may help prevent the disease from occurring, says endocrinologist Thomas W. Donner, MD, of Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Comprehensive management of a patient's diabetes is much more than prescribing medication.