Practice Management

The US Preventative Services Task Force recently issued a draft recommendation statement on domestic violence and caregiver abuse screenings.

When providers adopt digital tools, they can deliver a better consumer experience that promotes greater patient satisfaction and increases the likelihood of prompt collections.

The Healthcare AI Challenge offers a virtual environment in which professionals can experience the latest AI health care solutions.

Patients still want a human-centered connection with their health care providers

Primary care professionals have a key role in helping patients achieve “Life’s Essential 8,” says new scientific statement.

A national poll of physicians demonstrated the role that utilization management plays in physician burnout and lower-quality care.

The newly released “Guidance to the Guidelines” are an effort by expert groups to improve nationwide diagnosis and treatment of the condition.

Research examines family doctors’ attitudes on team efficiency, home time in electronic health records, and burnout.

New research has identified a possible predictor of cardiovascular health and a health disparity in socioeconomically disadvantaged first-time mothers.

These words and phrases that should never be said to patients, and what to say instead, were covered in a recent Mayo Clinic paper.

‘We are in a new phase of growth,’ CEO says, as clinicians take to voice-enabled artificial intelligence.

Who should coordinate care transitions? The doctors with the best picture of care through touchpoints with patients and their families.

A recently published commentary calls for traumatic brain injury to be classified alongside diabetes, asthma, depression and heart failure.

A patient-centered approach requires prioritizing affordability and accessibility and yields improved cash flow and patient care access.

Researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia found racial and childhood opportunity-based disparities in treatment path for pediatric concussions.

Patients agree that clinicians should know social determinants of health data, but barriers surrounding clinician-patient relationships and the data collection process make the exchange of information difficult.

The guideline offers new recommendations for the prescription of opioids for children and adolescents with symptoms of acute pain.

Are retail giants still a threat to the primary care practice?

A new report determined the importance of communication in patients’ outcomes and emotional states.

When primary care practices are being strangled by market forces beyond their control, the fastest way to counter those forces is to quickly generate more revenue.

Study suggests a way to use EHRs to develop relationship before patients arrive for an exam.

Study reveals disproportionate struggles for women in prime working and childbearing years

The approach offers bilingual support, mailed outreach, and no-cost screening.

Low-carbohydrate diet may help type 2 diabetes patients improve beta-cell function, research shows

The generational divide can be a source of friction between coworkers.

What physicians need to know about the looming labor shortage and how to prepare for it.

By envisioning this next-generation patient experience, we can see how a fully connected and collaborative ecosystem powered by innovation at every care touchpoint can deliver an integrated, intelligent experience that benefits patients and providers.

AMGA posts survey results forecasting effects on patient services if reduction happens in 2025.

While it can be tempting to opt for the lowest-price interpreting service, that decision could compromise service quality and incur higher costs in the long run.

Patient engagement is about involving the patient in their own care. So use one of your key tech tools - your EHR - to help boost that involvement.