Healthcare Careers

Share what you do in this type of situation and why. Your response might help another physician deal with this issue.

Whether you are a short-order cook or a physician, it's all about workflow in getting your daily work successfully completed.

If physicians can create integrated networks, they can control care delivery and earn incentives from cost savings. Here are some steps to achieve that goal.

An effective shadow coaching program can boost patient satisfaction scores. Here’s how to do it right.

If you are thinking about hiring a physician this year, answering these five questions can help you compete for the best talent amid a national shortage.

Some of the key items outlined in the Physician Payment Sunshine Act final rule and how physicians can prepare for enforcement.

President Obama spoke about Medicare reforms during his State of the Union Address last night. What did you think of his comments?

When it comes to handling patient flow at my medical practice, I'm debating hiring either a nurse practitioner or a new physician.

There will be a lot more data gathering and reporting of physician payments from pharma and others under the proposed Sunshine Act. Here's what you need to know.

Healthcare IT has great potential, but the lack of compatibility and conformity is making its role as a cost- and time-saving savior improbable.

Do you have a concise answer to someone asking you what it is you do as a physician? If not, you may be confusing patients and colleagues. Here are a few tips.

Good advice - the kind that sticks with you and serves you well - is priceless. We asked physicians and clinical staff to share the best career-related guidance they ever received. Here's what they said.

A look at some of the similarities between Patient-Centered Medical Homes and concierge practices.

Importing drugs that are not FDA approved can lead to severe civil and criminal penalties and poor patient care.

There is no evidence PAs and NPs are a large factor in the illegal diversion of narcotics, so a recent recommendation to the FDA on pain control upsets me.

Understanding your spending needs and creating a realistic savings plan is one of the cornerstones of a financial plan for physicians.

Healthcare reform and the regulatory push for EHRs involve elaborate plans predicated on the future being a repetition of the past - but your future will not repeat the past.

While the president's push is to simply permit physicians to talk with patients about gun safety, my fear is that in the not too distant future, it becomes a mandate.

The shift in the way healthcare is reimbursed is inevitable. Here are three ways physicians can adjust to the move from volume to value.

If you have owned your medical practice for more than two years, it's time to step back and do some evaluating on its culture and direction.

Ninety-five percent of my patients take my medical recommendations. It's the other five percent that require more convincing.

Help us take the pulse of today's physicians in our 2013 Great American Physician Survey. Take 5 minutes for our survey and you could win $500.

Would you refer the staff member to another physician, or would you welcome them as a patient?

Cardiologist David Mokotoff writes about why he has decided to retire; and why he won't miss the constant overseeing of his work by faceless bureaucrats, politicians, and third-party payers.