Practice Management

OSHA is requiring training on the new label elements of the Safety Data Sheets (formerly Material Safety Data Sheets).

Medicare’s Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) program lost two organizations that suffered $4 million in losses, while seven others have shifted to a less financially stringent ACO model.

Although a bill pending in the U.S. House of Representatives has drawn widespread support for repealing the Sustainable Growth Rate formula, groups representing primary care physicians have raised some concerns.

Although numbers are vital to the practice of medicine, they can define a physician's life to the exclusion of everything else.

Although estimates for how much is spent on defensive medicine vary widely, experts agree that the dolllar amount is large.

Malpractice litigation’s most profound effect on the healthcare system doesn’t arise from malpractice insurance claims, case settlements, or court awards for damages, but from the defensive medicine it encourages.

The growing number of patients with chronic illnesses and conditions is forcing primary care practices to become more creative with the way they treat such patients.

New rules make it more important than ever to be proactive in ensuring compliance

These TED Talks will give you ideas and inspire you to make your medical practice more efficient.

It’s not news that the U.S. is facing a shortage of primary care physicians. But Gibb Wingate, senior recruiting consultant for the Delta Companies, says physicians need to seize opportunities in the next few years, before that urgency begins to taper off.

With the starting date for stage 2 of the meaningful use program fast approaching, two major provider groups are asking for more flexibility in the program's requirements

The study's findings suggest that, to reduce defensive medicine, it may be more effective to focus on physicians' perceptions of legal risk and the factors driving those perceptions, rather than tort reform. Prior studies have shown physicians "greatly overestimate their risk of being sued," according to the study.

A new study suggests that there may be a link between a physician’s office use of electronic health records (EHRs) and patients’ loyalty.

The ONC has released a guide for healthcare providers that explains key EHR contract terminology and how certain provisions could impact a physician’s practice.

Much of the national discussion on electronic health records adoption has focused on physicians, but getting the most out of this technology will require significant buy-in by patients. Find out what researchers learned when they studied how physicians can best engage patients in online records.

A series of 3-year studies of PCMHs in Pennsylvania conducted by Independence Blue Cross (IBC) found “significant reductions in medical costs for patients with chronic conditions treated in primary care practices that have transformed into medical homes."

Unlike permanent positions, locum tenens work gives primary care physicians the flexibility to test the waters before fully committing to a new employer.

Medical services that are billed at physician reimbursement levels but are performed by nonphysicians are drawing extra scrutiny from the federal government because they may be vulnerable to overutlization and expose patients to subpar care.

Older physicians break down technology adoption barriers, study says

For physicians who struggle to balance empathy with analytic thinking during patient visits, neuroscience researcher and brain-imaging expert Anthony Jack, PhD, has a somewhat comforting explanation: It's not your fault, it's your brain's.

Mobile devices are making it easier for these patients to monitor their blood pressure at home and accurately relay that information back to their physicians.

Comparing data from 2000 to 2010, researchers found that over that time physicians prescribed more narcotics, made more referrals to other physicians and used more imaging procedures such as CT and MRI for patient visits involving routine back pain.

Doctors anxious about the Sunshine Act can download a new app to see exactly how the reporting process will work before results go public next year.

As the career search turns digital, mobile devices are making the process even easier. Here are five job search apps to help physicians get started.

The prevalence of sleep problems, combined with a growing array of user-friendly devices for conducting home sleep tests, represents an opportunity for primary care physicians to add a new income stream and improve the quality of life for many of their patients.

Let me tell you how “Lean,” also known as the Toyota Production System, transformed my clinical practice from a hectic, stressful, and unpredictable experience to one that runs smoothly and became a paragon of efficiency, safety, and quality.

The mention of restrictive covenants provokes an almost visceral reaction among most physicians. They temporarily control how physicians can practice, and how they can obtain new patients. But keep in mind these covenants are, for the most part, enforceable.

Physicians address costs, hours worked, and advancement in meaningful use objectivesin Medical Economics EHR Best Practices Study

GlaceEMR v5.0 has achieved 2014 Edition Complete EHR/Ambulatory ONC Health IT Certification, designating that the software is capable of supporting healthcare providers with the Stage 1 and Stage 2 meaningful use measures.

WCH Service Bureau’s ICode enables physicians to focus more time on patient care and less time on data entry.