Bob Keaveney

What is "big data" and how is it being deployed in American medical practices and health systems to improve the quality of care? This short video explains how physicians are already using data in their management of patients, and what health IT experts believe is likely to happen next.

Mobile healthcare technology is changing the meaning of the phrase "going to see the doctor." Learn what this technology is all about and how it will affect physicians like you.

The new rules for maintaining your board certification strike some aimed at keeping physicians in line.

Hospitals have quickly become physicians' dominant employer. Does independent practice have a future?

Relations between hospitals and physicians have never been especially warm. But the hospitals need your referrals and your patients need the services that hospitals provide. So how do you work together?

Describing his life of accomplishment, world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson advises setting distant goals and resolving to achieve them.

A healthy organization is crucial to success, but many practices are plagued by dysfunction.

At MGMA12 in San Antonio, Monday’s panelists discuss the changes to which physician practices and health systems must adapt.

In healthcare, size matters. That's always been true, but several factors are combining in many markets to accelerate the pace of provider group consolidation.

Physicians Practice Editorial Director Bob Keaveney helps you plan your agenda for the second day of this year's MGMA12 Conference in San Antonio.

Editorial director Bob Keaveney asks: Why can't healthcare be more like other industries?

New research finds that female physicians might be better off becoming physician assistants.

How are your payers performing? Current data indicate that payer performance is declining. Here's what you can do to maximize your reimbursement.

How much will the Court's decision to uphold the individual mandate really matter, in the long run? Less than you think.

One woman's declaration of love for her physician shouldn't mean dismissal. Or should it?

Unless the Supreme Court overturns the entire health reform law, it won't matter much. Health reform can survive without the individual mandate. Here's why.

The reform law expands access to Medicaid by increasing its income limits. In so doing, goes the thinking, it extends access to life-saving care to millions of people. But will it, indeed, expand access to care?

The government insists that it's not a tax. It may regret taking that position.

A reader argues that we won't solve rising healthcare costs unless we confront the expensive, high-tech treatments.

Ezekiel Emanuel: confidence man

National health IT coordinator says most care will be delivered via EHRs by next year.

Thousands of health apps are available; few are worth patients' time.

How one hospital system is driving alignment with an incentive-only EHR strategy.

Although most malpractice claims are meritless, lawsuits are apparently becoming more common. And, suing doctors is getting easier to finance.

Insurance companies are not people. But, otherwise, the Romney criticism of the Affordable Care Act is spot-on.

Could legislators really improve Medicare's fiscal picture? And, is it possible while also delivering choice of insurance coverage to millions of younger, working Americans?

Experts gather at the annual mHealth Summit to discuss the future of remote healthcare

Why not a "national open enrollment period" instead of an individual mandate?

To sell or not to sell? That seems to be the question that so many physicians in independent practices are asking. But maybe they should be asking something different?