August 15th 2025
Mid-career physicians face common dissatisfaction and burnout. These strategies will reignite passion and enhance fulfillment in your medical career.
August 1st 2025
Academic medicine may offer prestige and stability, but for many specialties, it comes with a steep pay cut. Here’s where the gap hits hardest.
July 22nd 2025
These five cost-free strategies foster positivity and resilience in medical offices, combating burnout and enhancing team morale amidst challenges.
June 4th 2025
These tech solutions can alleviate staffing challenges in medical practices, enhancing efficiency and reducing burnout for administrators.
May 23rd 2025
Discover seven smart, practice-boosting ways medical practice administrators can leverage Memorial Day weekend to recharge, honor service, and gear up for a productive summer.
5 Ways Physicians Can Create More Trust with their Staff
Trusts builds great leadership skills. Here are five things that can help physician managers be strong, trustful leaders to their employees.
Price on the Verge of Becoming Next HHS Secretary
Rep. Tom Price advances toward a final Senate confirmation vote, which will determine whether or not he will be the next HHS Secretary.
Thoughts about Retiring from Medicine after a Long Career
It takes a lifetime of planning to ensure you can retire according to plan. Here are some steps to make it a reality.
3 Times When Locum Tenens Provides a Break
Need a break from your regular job or just more family time? Locum Tenens is the way to go if you are a physician.
Pushing Back on Cliché-Driven Presentations
Are you hearing the same tired clichés in presentations and meetings? Remove the noise from your life and push back.
Is a Career in Family Medicine Worth It?
This family medicine doc weighs the satisfaction of the job with the various challenges - finan-cial or otherwise - she faces.
Three Challenges to Encounter in the Coming Year
After the past year, it's imperative that we improve ourselves and our communities instead of lay-ing blame or complaining at the condition of our world.
Get Involved with Medical Groups to Reduce Burnout
Many issues feel overwhelming when confronted in an isolated office, which is why joining a medical society with like-minded folks can be empowering.
14 Quotes that Defined the Year in Healthcare
It was a year filled with tumultuous uncertainty, new regulations, and increasing physician burnout. Here's a look back at 2016.
Life Expectancy on the Decline for First Time in 23 Years
A new report reveals that life expectancy is on the decline thanks to rising fatalities from heart disease and other serious conditions.
The Problem with the Hospitalist System
In response to a recent article in The New England Journal of Medicine, one doctor weighs in on the problem he sees with the hospitalist system.
11 Unique Ways to Reward Your Staff for the Holidays
While a monetary bonus is a great way to reward employees for their hard work, it's not always possible. Here are 11 alternatives.
How to Make Your Voice Heard in a Dysfunctional System
Are you unhappy with the way things are going in healthcare? Here are some ways to speak up and inaugurate change.
If I Hadn't Been a Physician…
Physicians share what their career paths might have look like, had they not gone into medicine.
Not Letting a Hurricane Stop You from Caring for Patients
One independent doctor says that he treats his career as a profession, not as a job. As such, hurricanes don't stop him from practicing medicine.
What to Know When Relocating as a Physician
Looking to move to one of the Best States to Practice - or another new state? Here's a guide that will help you out.
Best and Worst of the Best States to Practice
An infographic looking at which states ranked in the top five and bottom five for each of the major "Best States to Practice" categories.
Guidelines for Reviewing the Practice Manager's Performance
The practice manager and physician can benefit from a thorough review of a practice manager's performance. Here are first steps you should take.
How to Get More Students to Become Physicians
Among U.S. doctors, a SERMO poll reveals that student loan forgiveness is a favored method to convince more people to enter into medicine.
Recruiting Advice for Providers and Practices
Looking to switch jobs or bring on a new provider? A recruiter dishes out advice for providers and practices.
The Problem with Certifying Many Medical Specialties
For many medical specialties, like those in surgery, it seems foolish to require providers to take a paper certification test.
7 Areas Where Providers Should Go Back to School
As another year of school begins, providers may wish to pursue their own continuing medical education. Here are a few topics where a refresher may be beneficial.
Lessons from a Pioneer in Global Health
What can you learn about solving global health problems from a biography about the innovative physician and anthropologist, Paul Farmer?
The Benefits of Owning a Practice When Evaluating Retirement
When you plan for retirement, you'll find that owning your practice has a lot more benefits than being employed.
Will Doctors Ever Accept Maintenance of Certification?
The American Board of Internal Medicine is attempting to salvage the name of MOC. Will physicians buy in?
End-of-Life Care and the Physician-Assisted Suicide Debate
For many docs, end-of-life care is a sticky subject and one that has been forced upon them by expectations of the medical system.
How Physicians can 'Mis-Invest' Their Money
There are a lot of common sense facts about investing money, but despite this reality, physicians can still screw up and hurt personal finances.
Female Docs and a Work-Life Balance in Rural Medicine
For female docs in a rural setting, maintaining a work-life balance can be a unique challenge, according to recent research. Why is that?
How All Four Seasons are Important for a Doctor
The seasons take on a different meaning for a doctor. There are the literal seasons and the metaphorical seasons of life.
Empowering Medical Assistants Helps Improve Patient Care
One medical group in Massachusetts learned the power of using medical assistants to improve quality of care.