A rarely seen approach to staff benefits
In our latest cartoon, one practice gets creative with added financial incentives for staff.
Adjusting Schedules to Meet Healthcare Demands
One physician finally succumbs to adjusting her work schedule to reduce burnout-sort of.
Physicians Can't Win When It Comes to Payments
Physicians are stuck choosing between the lesser of two evils when it comes to payments and reimbursement.
Physicians Sick of Jumping Through Hoops to be Paid
Physicians have to jump through more hoops than ever to be paid. Is there an end in sight?
Telemedicine is Too Cutting Edge for Some Practices
Telemedicine is convenient and easy, but that doesn’t mean it's for every practice. This practice found that out the hard way.
Is EHR Pajama Time a Family Activity?
This physician attempted combining story time with his son with EHR pajama time and got mixed results.
This App Makes Physician Handwriting Worse
This app allows physicians with neat handwriting to better align with their colleagues by transforming their notes into illegible chicken scratch.
The Answer to Your Patient's Transportation Problem
Do you have patients with no access to transportation? Here's the potential answer to your problem.
WiFi and the Medical Practice
WiFi is an attractive feature for guests in the waiting room. Just ask this patient who squatted on his practice WiFi network for months.
Be More Active Than Kris Kringle This Holiday Season
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is something many patients struggle with during the holidays, Kris Kringle included.
Holidays Hinder Health Insurance Bonuses
If health insurance bonuses are attainable, don't tell Santa. He's been having trouble staying on track for years.
Taking the Money Out of Medicine
This doctor fears money may be leaving medicine, should more physicians be worried?
Overwhelming Ancillary Services
Adding too many ancillary services can turn a potential revenue stream into a nightmare for your practice.
The Madness of a New Type of Practice Model
This doctor finds out about a new type of practice payment model - an idea that's completely foreign to her. Third-party payers stay away!
Physician Relocation Strategy
This physician had a solid relocation strategy that allowed him to improve his home and professional life. Here's what you need to know to do the same.
Relocation Improves Physician Performance
This doctor went from being an average MD to an outstanding one, simply by moving across state lines.
A Very Revealing Patient History
To his physicians dismay, a patient pulled out all of the stops when asked to talk about his family history.
The Cost of Miracle Drugs
Miracle drugs may not exist in the truest sense of the term, but any drug that comes with an easy co-pay is a miracle drug in this doctors eyes.
Inventing New Medical Billing Codes
What happens when a patient presents with a condition that there is currently no billing code in the system for? This doctor finds out the hard way.
Doc in Over His Head with Medical Coding
This doc found out the hard way that medical coding for a single patient can be a cumbersome time suck.
Activity Tracker Info No Help to Doctors
Activity trackers can provide users with statistics on how active they have been, but the devices are too unreliable to help a physician in an exam room.
Doctor Shares Unique Idea for Creating Strong Passwords
This physician has a clever way to ensure nobody can gain access to the files on his computer.
Doctors are No Match for Computer Viruses
Doctors and their staff are vulnerable to computer viruses, one of the few things they didn't learn to diagnose and treat in medical school.
What the Perfect Medical Record Looks Like
Having a short and sweet medical record is one way to make your doctor's job easier. This doctor found a patient that he especially loves.
The Family History Question You Can't Ask of Patients
It'd be nice to ask a new patient about their family history with malpractice lawsuits. Unfortunately, that's not allowed, as this physician finds out.
Can Tort Reform Get Rid of Silly Lawsuits?
At least one doctor expresses his desire for malpractice reform to enacted, to put an end to frivolous lawsuits. Don't send in the clowns!
This Doc Loves Charting So Much She Wants To Share
This physician enjoys charting so much she wants to share her passion with fellow staff members at her practice.
How Teamwork Can Damage Productivity
This doctor has been preaching teamwork at his practice for so long his employees decided to take their support for one another to a whole new level.
Teamwork Is Key to Practice Success
This doctor has an innovative way of keeping employees driven to practice medicine, while adopting a wholesome, team approach.
A Surefire Way to Satisfy Your Patients
This doctor has figured out the perfect way to increase patient satisfaction at his practice. It involves offering a tasty beverage in the waiting room.