Career

Would you rather work for an independent practice group, or are you better off employed by a health system?

Why are practices merging with others? Here are five common reasons at what's driving this trend.

Recent news headlines have featured catastrophic asset protection planning failures by doctors and their legal counsel.

Have you decided you need to have more leisure in the new year? Here are six ways to get that going.

Personal problems could be contributing to physicians burning out at work. Identify your real problems, then find the solution.

Burnout is a problem for physicians at work, but the solution might be found at home.

Here are some of the important legal areas to keep an eye on in health care during 2018.

Everything physicians need to know about the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and how it can further their career.

Many doctor-owned captive insurance companies are ticking times bombs of legal and financial liability. Here's what you need to know.

To combat burnout, physicians must relearn what "normal" is. They must reclaim what their bodies, minds, and souls crave.

Looking back at how locum tenens physicians made an impact in 2017 and predicting trends in 2018.

If you're nervous about giving a presentation to staff, colleagues, patients, or to the public, here are a few things to know.

Readers weigh in on whether young docs should jump into private practice or become employed following med school.

The American College of Physicians (ACP) and other provider groups are not happy the recently-passed tax bill has repealed the individual mandate.

Physicians and practice administrators are subject to procrastination like the rest of us. Here are steps to avoid this bad habit.

We took some of the best comments left during the past year and put them in one spot. What did you have to say in 2017?

This year the PA profession celebrated its 50th anniversary. Much has changed, but the future of the profession remains bright.

In the last of a three-part interview series, the Dean of the Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine talks about primary care being a second career option.

With the new year fast approaching, health care experts weigh in on what practices can expect from what is sure to be an eventful year.

With an ever-evolving healthcare delivery system, avoiding pitfalls is a daily struggle. Here are some tips for your practice.

Dr. Melissa Young on a less heard about target of sexual harassment in the workplace: physicians from aggressive and inappropriate patients.

A lawyer outlines some of the most prominent legal cases from 2017 and explains what physicians can learn from them.

Concierge medicine can help physicians dealing with burnout in more ways than one. Here's are a few examples.

This month's blog post is a history lesson on how the locum tenens physician industry came to be.

In part 2 of our roundtable, three doctors vent about EHRs and extol the virtues of having a balanced work and home life.

Medical schools are having a hard time getting students to go into primary care. One school is trying to reverse this trend.

In part one of our younger physician roundtable, three doctors expand on the toughest challenges faced in their burgeoning careers.

Burnout can spread rapidly. Here are six ways to protect your team and ensure the virus doesn't get too far.

A physician offers words of praise to his peers that spent 2017 working long hours caring for those in need.

Although women make up half of medical students and greater than a third of attending physicians, medicine has its fair share of problems.