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Experts weigh in on how effective teamwork can boost the bottom line. Here are five tips to developing a winning strategy.

You told us how healthcare reform is affecting your patients, your practices, and your career satisfaction. Now share how it is affecting your staff.

New research from Merritt Hawkins reveals a growing interest in value over volume, and in recruiting primary-care physicians.

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Don't put developing your HR strategies at the bottom of your do-to list. Done well, it can inspire a culture of cooperation and teamwork.

If you’re on the job hunt, there’s a new, recently unveiled tool that can make the job search more accessible to you.

CMS’ newly published e-prescribing rule offers several “significant hardship exemptions” to qualified providers. But does it go far enough?

Perhaps it is time to look at balancing work-life issues in a more creative manner rather than forcing physicians into either/or decisions.

John K. Jarboe, MD, on why he decided to become a flight surgeon.

Sometimes where you practice has as much to do with the length of your workday as what’s going on in your practice.

Pediatrics: Where the Magic Happens

All three of my ideas are not radical to all, but I think everyone will find at least one of these ideas is a way to take you to that opposite extreme.

I thought I’d identified most of the barriers to achieving work-life balance. However, I recently was reintroduced to another one that can also pervade the medical community.

What other line of work would you pursue outside of medicine prior to retirement?

I’m doing something tonight that I try hard not to do. …I didn’t finish my charting at work, so am doing it at home.

As healthcare providers, the notion of disconnecting from work seems completely strange, but a sign that our profession and culture is changing.

What our patients are sometimes asking when they ask for a medication change or dose increase is a different type of help altogether - the type of counseling and wisdom and gentle prodding that we, as physicians, are able to offer but too often do not.

Being a physician is rewarding - but it can take a toll on your personal life. Here are some of the best ways to release a little steam to avoid total burnout.

So often, experts tell us what to do and how to do it. But much of the time we already know what the right thing is because we feel it, we sense it.

The organization for which I currently work has a very clear and well-communicated mission ... I respect the organization for not trying to do it all, but instead focusing on a single thing that they think they can do better than anyone else.

Historically, the demands of being a physician have resulted in generations of physicians who were excellent clinicians but lousy spouses and parents. This is a generalization and many physicians, young and old, have been able to balance home and work demands and perform well at both.

Peter K. Kim, MD, on why he thinks conventional preoperative bowel prep is unnecessary, and possibly harmful.

Several states are reducing Medicaid payments to physicians, and the federal government is considering reducing Medicare spending. It’s not a pleasant combination for the nation’s poorest and most elderly patients - or the providers treating them.

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Whether the thought of public performance feedback makes you excited or anxious, you may want to check your performance scores. They could be playing a larger role in your work life than you think.