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Taking a customer service approach to practicing medicine means happier patients and physicians

Physicians, not the federal government, should decide what’s best for patients with advanced illnesses or who are close to death

For the fourth consecutive year, Medical Economics reveals its list of obstacles physicians will face in the coming year and, more importantly, how to overcome them.

Attractive to early- and late-career physicians as well as those with nomadic streak

How is “general” supervision different than “direct” supervision for chronic care management services?

The supply of primary care physicians needed to bolster the move toward quality-driven reimbursement models is becoming increasingly stretched.

Will the healthcare industry ever catch a break? Not this year it seems.

We have a new president-elect who plans to repeal the Accountable Care Act and replace it with something “better.”

President-elect Donald J. Trump campaigned on a promise to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act with better health plans and healthcare for all Americans.

We’ve rounded up our nine most popular blogs, which had the most reader interaction, shares and website visits. Read on to find out which topics your colleagues couldn’t stop talking about.

At first glance, physicians in private practice may assume Donald Trump will be good for healthcare.

With limited access to specialty care, HIV patients are seeking treatment from primary care physicians for management of HIV and co-infections.

Pre-exposure prophylaxis is highly effective in preventing HIV transmission in high-risk individuals, but only about a third of PCPs recommend the treatment.

Cross-sector partnerships to promote population health can elevate the role of a primary care physician.

Accountable care organizations are uniquely positioned to help redesign population health, but a new approach is required.

American healthcare delivery is seriously dysfunctional. It takes patients about three weeks to get a doctor’s appointment, they sit in the waiting room for a long time, get 10 to 12 minutes with the doctor and then have a hefty deductible and/or copay despite paying handsomely for insurance.

While the future of the Precision Medicine Initiative is uncertain as we enter into a new presidential term, how can we as clinicians implement tenets of precision medicine right now when treating our patients?

As we approach the end of 2016 and the start of the Trump presidency, it is widely anticipated that there will be major tax law rewrites, and proposals are already being floated outlining significant changes.

Seven funding recipients test technologies that facilitate patient data sharing for larger possible information exchange.

Growing use of computerized records requires planning and practice, experts say. Here are five ways to proactively prepare for an EHR outage.

Population health management demands tracking patient information beyond claims and clinical data.

Primary care doctors are hiring staff and delegating responsibilities to employees as population health brings a new approach to patient care.

HIV/AIDS is more of a chronic condition than a fatal diagnosis these days, but patients still need access to ongoing support and services.

Ronald H. Goldschmidt, MD, discusses when and how primary care physicians should care for patients with HIV.

Doctors' reaction to Tom Price’s nomination to HHS varies; some fear for healthcare access

When the American Medical Association came out with a strong endorsement for the Tom Price nomination to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a grassroots organization took action to let the AMA know it doesn't speak for all physicians.

In the annals of healthcare, the year 2016 surely will stand out. Read on for the top quotes of 2016 from the pages of Medical Economics.

Researchers and physicians are working together to discover why adults skip recommended vaccines and what doctors can do to increase immunization rates.

Lead researcher hopes results of new study motivates more adults to improve vaccination compliance.