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Physicians must join physician assistants (PAs) in addressing misconceptions and misinformation about the PA profession.

Primary-care transformation is not just about meeting standards, it requires a fundamental change focused on reducing cost and utilization.

How should physicians handle it when a patient's family member is a problem?

New survey results suggest that many locum tenens physicians may be more satisfied than other physicians.

You have a practice manager or administrator in place, but that does not mean you can leave all the practice management responsibilities up to him.

When it comes to supervising members of various generations at your practice, recognize the differences, but also strive to find common ground among staff.

The year 2014 will be a tipping point for independent medical practices. Make sure your practice is prepared.

Financial planner Jason Hull shares tips for physicians considering starting concierge medical practices.

The healthcare industry is changing and as such, so is the role of medical practice manager and the business of care delivery. Here's how to adapt.

As the face-to-face time physicians can spend with patients falls, these eight tools can help physicians maximize their patient visits.

A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll indicates that 47 percent of Americans don’t like the ACA, but 56 percent would keep it. Why the confusion? Politics.

Despite being a welcome addition to a short-staffed practice, a locum tenens doc needs to follow a few ground rules to fit in.

While the debate over medical marijuana continues, one important issue often overlooked is the potential legal implications for physician prescribers.

Some medical schools are offering three-year medical school programs. Do you think that provides physicians with adequate training?

As a physician practicing where I live, I often interact with patients outside the office. Shouldn't I, and others, get compensated for that time?

Some patients are disqualified from help obtaining health insurance coverage because they simultaneously earn too much, and too little.

Performance, not a physician's resume, is fast becoming the new gold standard for patients and payers alike.

As demand for part-time schedules increases among physicians, medical practices that don't offer flexibility will struggle with recruitment and retention.

Thirty seven states have now passed some version of medical malpractice apology laws. Here's what physicians need to keep in mind.

Physicians, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals have a unique opportunity to help prevent burn injuries.

Value-based payment legislation would reward compliance over physician performance, stripping the value from healthcare delivery reform.

Poor physician communication makes it more likely a patient will file a malpractice lawsuit against you. Here are 10 things to never say to patients.

As more practices implement EHRs, more are employing medical records scribes. Here's why your practice might want to consider it.

Physicians use a common, interoperable population health platform to cut healthcare spending by a third.

Doctors get lots of career advice when they're in medical school and in their residencies. But here's the great advice they didn't get - but wish they did.