Physicians Practice Pearls®

One physician reckons with the fact that her high school-aged daughter says she wants to be an endocrinologist-just like mom.

Busy offices rarely have the time to pause, evaluate workflows, and attempt to improve efficiencies across the practice. However, unless you make that time, things are likely to stay the same.

Jennifer Frank, MD, reflects on the struggles she and her patients face when adopting healthy lifestyle habits and why doing so remains worth the effort.

This vision of addiction and chronic pain care is a pipe dream in this era of such limited resources.

Many practices assume their ancillaries are profitable, yet often lack the systems needed to conduct a proper analysis.

Physicians must take action and try to get paid accurately for their services.

If it's been awhile since you've been able to sit still and be alone with your thoughts, here are three suggestion that can help you.

Doctors are human and face all the same illnesses, injuries, and disasters that everyone else does. 

We need people to maximize their thinking at work, but there are numerous aspects of the workplace that inhibit thinking. Fortunately, brain science can shed some light onto why this occurs.

There are ebbs and flows in medical practice volume that are connected to predictable events. If we plan for them, we can make the most of the seasons financially – and serve patients better, too.

Rather than relying on the confusing reports provided by practice management systems and EHRs, use pivot tables to analyze data with ease and produce meaningful reports. 

Decreasing documentation requirements leads to decreasing reimbursement for the same amount of clinical work.

Here is what you need to know about establishing a medication dispensing service at your practice.

Since the inception of the PA profession, PAs have been shown to be part of solution when it comes to healthcare delivery. Physicians who work in rural areas need PAs to practice to the full extent of their training and experience.

Consider taking precautions to prevent staff from leaving-and taking your belongings with them.

Referrals are key to growing a medical practice and increasing revenue. Here are five ways a practice can build its referral network.

Looking for a way to help yourself and your staff be more productive? Look no further than these five steps.

There is recognition among traditional health care organizations that we need to change drastically and quickly in order to meet the needs of all our patients.

The push to provide customer service comes at a cost to the physician-patient relationship.

Here are five reasons why CMS’s proposed Physician Fee Schedule for Evaluation and Management guidelines might improve patient care.

We are far from the point where providers can gather needed information from one place to safely and efficiently develop a treatment plan. But there is hope. 

It’s no surprise that the digital native generation has different communication and interaction preferences. Here are five ways primary care practices can engage millennial patients.

Be aware that the way you present medical information to your patients has a strong influence on their risk perception and, ultimately, their decisions regarding treatment.

Whether a position opens up at your practice because of an unexpected departure or practice growth, deciding how to fill it can present a dilemma.

Although we often take pride in our constant busyness, being too busy can be a bad thing.

A good logo doesn’t happen by accident. Here are some tips to help you create a logo that advertises the unique qualities of your practice.

Parting ways with patients and staff is a difficult and emotional process. Here’s some gentle guidance.

The commonalities between PAs and physicians far outweigh the few differences that we have.