A Culture of Despair

Bridging the Culture Gap
Language and cultural barriers create several problems for physicians: they require more time to diagnose and treat patients, and raise the likelihood that a clinical mistake will be made and that the physician could be sued for malpractice. In addition, for practices that accept Medicare or Medicaid, LEP patients may represent a new cost center, since government regulations require they be provided access to appropriate care.

Bush v. Kerry: Who Forgot Physicians?
Bush and Kerry have different views of the role of physicians

Caring for the Worried Well
How to identify and manage the worried well

Data In Hand

Get a Life!
Finding a balance between professional and personal lives will mean making difficult choices and making changes, in yourself and within your practice or organization. But if it can help you ward off that feeling of disillusionment and regain your appreciation — your enjoyment — of practicing medicine, isn't it worth a try?

Get Paid for Physicals
Billing for physicals is confusing, but getting it right means getting paid.

Partners In Sync
In creating a successful partnership arrangement, it is important to do all you can to preserve the relationship among the partners. You can have the best-drafted, ironclad legal documents in the world, but if they are one-sided you will be starting your partnership off on the wrong foot.

Productivity Pays

Value-Based Wills
Value-based wills set up conditions that beneficiaries have to meet before they can receive an inheritance

Why Physicians Change Jobs
Physician recruitment firm Pinnacle Health Group has conducted a survey to find out why physicians leave their jobs