November 18th 2024
Managing payment is a key factor working against medical practices. Here’s how artificial intelligence could relieve administrative burdens.
November 14th 2024
Clearing up misconceptions about neuro sympathetic reset and its role in managing chronic pain and emotional trauma.
November 6th 2024
Who should coordinate care transitions? The doctors with the best picture of care through touchpoints with patients and their families.
November 5th 2024
A patient-centered approach requires prioritizing affordability and accessibility and yields improved cash flow and patient care access.
Coronavirus pandemic demonstrates disconnect between executives and doctors
Physicians and other health care workers have lost their jobs simply for trying to protect themselves.
Is this the end of the independent physician?
Primary care providers will soon return to their post as the essential frontline team to test and treat patients, and to help ensure the safety of our communities.
Coping with physician depression in the era of COVID-19
Physicians, just like the patients we serve, are facing an unprecedented emotional burden from the COVID-19 pandemic.
How telemedicine protects patients and practices from communicable diseases
From influenza to COVID-19, televisits are an increasingly valuable tool in the fight against the spread of infection
How Specialdocs concierge physicians innovate, connect in the time of COVID-19
How concierge physicians give back to patients during these challenging times.
Physician finances: What to do in these uncertain times
You don’t need a lecture about what to do and not to do with your money. What you need is a survival guide.
Transforming the patient experience: Tips for better patient communication
By focusing on communication and conveying information clearly and with compassion, physicians can bring the human touch to treatment that builds lasting relationships with patients.
Off-label prescribing in the era of COVID-19
Potential pitfalls physicians need to know about.
The Best Thing That Almost Happened to Healthcare
Lawmakers should support what 91 percent of Americans want, despite how much money they get paid to vote otherwise.
A solution to long patient wait times
Long wait times have a negative impact on patient satisfaction.
Helping patients become health literate
The benefits and challenges of making your practice more health literate
Direct care practices perfectly positioned to help patients during coronavirus outbreak
Direct primary care physicians are perfectly positioned to handle the coronavirus outbreak.
COVID-19 fallout: How will other needed care be provided during the pandemic?
There is no easy answer to this dilemma.
May I have my medical records, please?
New interoperability rules put patients in control of health data and play a key part of broader transparency effort
Making telehealth work for senior patients
Physicians will need telehealth during the coronavirus outbreak, especially senior patients.
Visionary leadership in healthcare: How to leverage board expertise
The multidisciplinary nature of healthcare requires a team approach to effectively navigate risks and opportunities.
Always running late? This simple tip can change a physician's life
The next time you're running late, remember this advice.
Why primary care is in crisis-and how to fix it
Fewer medical students are interested in primary care. Why?
2019 Physician Writing Contest: My unexpected use for postpartum
An honorable mention entry in the 2019 contest.
The deductible reset: How to help patients navigate it
The new year's deductible reset period may offer providers a new opportunity to strengthen the doctor-patient relationship
Dealing with 'deaths of despair': What physicians need to know
Life expectancy has decreased among middle-aged adults due to deaths of despair.
Healthcare trends for 2020
The pace of change is accelerating in ways that we haven’t seen before. Here's some predictions for what’s coming our way.
How nonprofit hospitals get away with the biggest rip off in America
The term “nonprofit” hides what’s really going on.
2019 Physician Writing Contest: Back to basics
An honorable mention in the 2019 contest.
2019 Physician Writing Contest: Caring along life’s journey
An honorable mention in this year's contest.
Corporate-heavy Health IT committee needs voice of independent doctors
2019 Physician Writing Contest: Learning how to listen
This year's third-place finisher.
2019 Physician Writing Contest: The hope of living better
The second-place entry in this year's Physician Writing Contest
2019 Physician Writing Contest Winner: The patient who lowered my shield
The first place winner for the physician writing contest.
Consumers are confused about healthcare: Here’s how physicians can help
Physicians and other providers can improve the situation by ensuring effective patient relations