August 15th 2025
Mid-career physicians face common dissatisfaction and burnout. These strategies will reignite passion and enhance fulfillment in your medical career.
August 12th 2025
Discover six effective strategies to enhance career growth for medical practice employees, boosting retention, motivation, and patient care.
July 25th 2025
Video résumés revolutionize job applications, showcasing personality and skills, while traditional résumés fade.
April 3rd 2025
Healthcare organizations face ongoing challenges in leadership retention, engagement, and recruitment amid financial pressures, evolving career expectations, and a shifting talent landscape.
November 19th 2024
De-escalating situations and emotions can settle disagreements between staff members.
Five Speaking Tips for Medical Conference Presenters
Public speaking for medical professionals can be daunting. But adequate preparation and a clear vision of what you want to share will help ensure success.
How Medical Practices Can Retain Their Top Physicians
Though salary is an important factor for physician retention, money is not the only thing that matters. Here are a few other things physicians are looking for in a job.
How Doctors Can Ensure Financial Advisers Have the Right Credentials
It is shameful that there is no regulation on who can be called a financial adviser. Luckily, there are some credentials to look for that suggest a strong background.
Five Ways to Attract New Patients to Your Medical Practice
Be proactive about building your medical practice with these five surprisingly simple tips to attract new patients.
New Physician Assistant Definition Reflects Evolving Profession
The scope of practice of new PA graduates today is quite different than it was decades ago.
How Doctors Can Determine if they are Overpaying for Financial Advice
The different compensation arrangements physicians might encounter when interacting with financial planners, as well as what costs are reasonable.
Medical Practices Falter When Physicians' Roles are Poorly Defined
Physicians can play many roles in medical practices, but that doesn't mean they should take them all on.
Retail-based Health Clinics: A Benefit or Detriment to Patient Care?
For many patients, the convenience of retail-based clinics is difficult to resist. But do you think it is a healthy way to provide patient care?
Five Ways Doctors Can Better Prepare for, Survive Malpractice Lawsuits
Malpractice lawsuits are never pleasant, but physicians that are proactive before, during, and even after a lawsuit will have a better outcome.
Do Rural Doctors Make More Money, Have Higher Job Satisfaction?
A look at some recent studies regarding differences between rural and urban physicians, and what they might mean for your practice.
A Team Approach to Patient Care is Critical During Medical Emergencies
The lessons that I have learned throughout my career as a paramedic and physician assistant have reinforced the value of team-based practice.
How Physicians Can Stay Informed About Changing Rules, Regulations
Physicians must find new ways to ensure they are informed and knowledgeable about healthcare changes and how those changes will affect their medical practices.
When Patients Record Conversations with Doctors: Appropriate or Not?
Smartphones are making it easier for patients to record conversations with their physicians - sometimes secretly.
How Physicians Can Select a Smart Financial Team
Make sure you are selecting the right individuals to help you thrive financially. Here are three tips.
Innovation, Not Regulation, is Key to Improving the Healthcare System
Both sides of the healthcare debate are mired in political entropy, stifling innovation and leaving no options other than to cut prices.
Physicians Name their Favorite Purchases for their Medical Practices
Seven smart investments that physicians say have changed their practices for the better.
The Real Reason Why Some Physicians Choose Locum Tenens
One common stereotype is there must be a “reason” a physician chooses locums. That’s absolutely true. But it may not be the reason you’re thinking of.
Four Deal Breakers for Physicians When Selecting a Financial Planner
There are several red flags that physicians need to watch out for before hiring a financial planner.
This Mother's Day Apply Your Mom’s Advice to Your Medical Practice
From minding your manners to eating your veggies, here's how a mother's advice can help you be a better physician.
Hiring a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant: 5 Considerations
The level to which nonphysician providers can help a medical practice’s bottom line depends on how well thought-out the plan was for hiring them.
Primary-care Physicians’ Priorities are Misaligned with Reality
Only one of five surveyed physicians cites reducing cost of care as a priority when that is every payer's first priority.
The Future of Healthcare: 5 Considerations for Physicians
Regardless of the Affordable Care Act, the way healthcare is delivered and reimbursed will change. Here are five things physicians should consider.
Six Common Investing Mistakes Made By Physicians
In reviewing physicians' portfolios, I see many of the same investment mistakes over and over. Here are six of the most common, and how you can avoid them.
When Efforts to Boost Patient Satisfaction Hinder Great Patient Care
The increasing emphasis on patient satisfaction has some physicians walking a tightrope when it comes to discussing serious health issues.
Retail-based Health Clinics and Patient Care: Nuisance or Necessity
Retail-based health clinics can help ensure patient access to care as more gain insurance, but they also raise price transparency and reimbursement issues.
The Game Changer When it Comes to EHR Use: Medical Scribes
Last week I had my first patient experience with a medical scribe. Here's what I observed and what I learned.
What to Consider as Your Hospital Employment Contract Comes to an End
Whether a physician wants to walk away from hospital employment or stay employed, adequate preparation before the contract comes to a close is critical.
Create a Cohesive Medical Practice Team
Despite a softening in economic gridlock, most practices are stymied when it comes to adding staff. We show you ways to maximize staff effectiveness.
2014 Staff Salary Survey
According to Physicians Practice's 2014 Staff Salary Survey, most medical practices are holding firm on hiring and staff raises. Here's what practices are paying.
Why Physicians Need to Embrace 'Good Enough' Financial Planning
Financial planning requires constant re-evaluation of many data inputs coupled with new assessments and actions.