Opinion

The 88th annual Medical Economics Physician Report illustrates the state of primary care today, providing information on physician income, productivity, malpractice costs and more.

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New study highlights the challenges of taking care of rural patients and opportunities for rural providers to utilize telehealth.

Experts predict an increasing number of patients will want, and need, to share data generated from devices, forcing health IT to find ways to keep up.

Studies show documentation remains a significant pain point for physicians, but technology developments on the horizon deliver hope for improvements.

As communities build their population health infrastructure, one expert says small practice physicians are ideal partners to solve health issues.

By now, we know that women physicians have higher rates of burnout than their male counterparts, with increased levels of depression and suicide.

If patients are going to hurt the practice’s financial bottom line by causing adverse scores, are they patients we want to continue to serve?

The introduction of direct-acting antiviral agents has transformed hepatitis C care among veterans.

Multiple oral direct-acting antiviral agents show great promise in treating the vast majority of hepatitis C patients.

Monitoring of arterial stiffness could be a potential target for prediction of renal decline in younger type 2 diabetes patients.

Targeting all eligible patients would be cost-effective, but cost might be reduced by focusing on certain patient subgroups.

When Melanie Gordon, MD, FACP, walks into a patient’s room at the John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County in Chicago, she’s frequently misidentified as a nurse, a dietician or someone else.

I have loved baseball for as long as I can remember, but as I get older, I have the same problems with those who play our national pastime that I have with our national representatives in government.

The article “I was hacked” (February 10, 2017) by Dr. George Ellis was quite timely.

Defining supervision when using transitional care management

Good cybersecurity also means protecting patient data when it’s held by a business associate

Viewed as a small-practice savior for data reporting, CMS has yet to reveal how they can assist with quality metrics

The 16-member caucus remain concerned about how the law could affect physicians.

Getting a head start on learning how bundled payments work can help physicians prepare for MACRA

Patients seek digital connections

The secret to smart investing for physicians is finding your number and the right financial professional to help you reach it

While retirement or a reduced role in the practice might feel like a long way off, the reality is that positioning yourself and your practice for a smooth transition takes time and thoughtful planning.

Healthcare professionals must be careful when hiring marketers because of complex laws that could result in fines and criminal penalties.

Merger mania has ended

Commercial payers, large employers and leading provider systems across the nation have fully embraced this transformation and they will not simply revert back to the fee-for-service system of healthcare delivery and reimbursement.

The National Committee on Quality Assurance aiming to streamline certification

America is facing an epidemic of chronic illness.

There is a crisis in primary care and it’s now flowing over into the hospital when a primary care physician’s (PCP) patient is admitted.

The conversations doctors are allowed to have with their patients regarding guns and other firearms, if any, are the central part of a new ruling overturning most aspects of a highly controversial law that has undergone several appeals and reversals since its inception in 2011