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.
Employed vs independent doctors: Numbers don't tell the whole story
Why independence is not a thing of the past. Rather, it is the future of medicine.
Funny bone: The magazines are slightly out of date
What patients really think of your waiting room.
Your voice: Medical malpractice is a major policy issue; doctors should pay attention
https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/affordable-care-act/Our readers respond to recent articles.
Your voice: Empowered patients - Are they just misinformed?
Our readers respond to recent articles.
Eliminating pharma rebates will raise costs for physicians and payers
A proposed rule to limit rebates paid by drug companies to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) could negatively impact physicians, payers and patients.
Healthcare disruptors: How doctors can shake up the medical industry
Physicians spend their lives analyzing problems-so why not translate those skills to developing doctor-friendly technology solutions?
Value-based healthcare-what’s working, what isn’t, and what’s next.
A view from the trenches.
Extreme Makeover: Medical practice edition
The operative word being extreme.
Price transparency is a customer service opportunity in healthcare
If your practice gives patients pricing information, you’ll be one of the few offering that information-which will separate you from the competition.
Benefits of in-house medication dispensing
In-house medication dispensing can save patients money and improve medication adherence
A shady inquiry
Our latest Funny Bone cartoon
Reducing clinician burnout starts with a fresh look at healthcare technology
Technology can serve a higher purpose in healthcare by enabling clinicians to easily communicate and share information without having to taking time away from patient care.
My last patient
A recently retired physician reflects on his last patient and the healthcare system.
Time to address the widening pay gap between hospital execs and physicians
The answer to getting more affordable care and better results does not lie in paying doctors less. It lies in paying administrators less, and having a lot fewer of them.
Can small independent practices survive?
If the choice of personal medical care offered by small practices is to be preserved, the rules of the game must change.
How we can stop America’s silent killer
Many Americans still need help digesting information about heart disease and understanding their personal risk.
How to get through your first days at a new job
Don’t let the stress of inadequate preparation tarnish the first time your new colleagues see you in action.
The risk of direct care
There are concerns that could swallow up the direct primary care movement and shunt it from being a potential salvation for our system to a flash in the pan.
Why primary care physicians should break with insurance, consider DPC
Primary care physicians are trapped in a non-sustainable business model.
Physicians and patients working together can make a difference
A small group of independent physicians challenged a powerful hospital organization, and against all odds, won the day.
LEGALCARE for all
An analogy to help lawyer politicians understand healthcare and its financing
Beyond burnout: The real problem facing doctors is moral injury
The patients’ needs cannot always win-and often don’t.
Not sure what to do about long patient wait times?
Try this.
Getting off the corporate treadmill
Physicians are thinking outside the box early in their careers.
Healthcare security is improving, but don’t stop now
When it comes to cybersecurity, 2018 was a banner year for the healthcare industry for a myriad of reasons, both good and bad.
Can acting classes help physicians learn to show empathy?
Showing empathy improves patient satisfaction, but not every doctor is naturally good at expressing feelings to patients.
Difference between concierge and direct care
While there are many similarities between the two models, the differences turn direct care from a curiosity or sideshow to a potentially huge player in the American healthcare marketplace.
Relationship counseling
The solution to the lack of EHR interoperability
From employment to independence
One medical group’s path to freedom lights the way for others.
What is “healthcare?”
The free market would provide abundant care.