Performance

Running a medical practice isn't just about caring for patients. As a physician leader you owe it to yourself to understand business principles.

It’s in our nature to want to buy the winners and sell the losers. Successful investing often involves the opposite.

Achieving the principles and goals of lean management will help your practice make a continued commitment to improving patient care.

Strategy is not just a document that is written and then filed away. To succeed, the whole practice must engage with it and live and breathe it.

Interacting with new staff both inside and outside of work can create some truly dynamic teamwork.

An acquisition that comes from a failed business plan is a signal to physicians that you have to continually reevaluate the practice

If physicians can support overweight and obese patients with the right tools, they can also thrive in the pay-for-performance environment.

The biggest problem with an EHR is not the product itself - it is the way we learn to use it. Here are five strategies to reduce user frustrations.

Independent integrated networks are being driven by independent physician organizations, coalitions, and alliances between physicians themselves.

I find that physicians in private practice are passionate about what they do, and most want to stay independent.

Creating access to quality patient care at a reasonable cost requires a systematic approach that involves both physicians and staff members.

We asked physicians to share their favorite tactics for rewarding and acknowledging their staff members. Here's what they said.

Stressful clinic days will not disappear on their own. Reducing stress requires a thoughtful and deliberate approach.

Don't let data intimidate you. Here are some easy ways to gather it and use it to improve your medical practice.

Here are some questions that can help physicians and medical practice managers determine if they can safely take on more responsibilities.

Value-based reimbursement programs have arrived. Physicians can react with frustration or adjust their practices to meet the new metrics for payment.

Productivity will determine how successful a medical practice is against its competition. Here are some ways to step up the productivity level at your practice.

PQRS is extremely complicated and in a state of flux. These measures are not going away and are already seeing uptake with private payers.

Medical practice managers and physicians face difficult problems almost daily. Here are three ways to approach them in a healthier manner.

We are robbing our patients of the resource of our time and I truly believe their health is suffering for it.

The law can limit a physician’s potential income by placing a cap on earnings. Here's when, why, and what physicians should know.

It is not the presence of conflict that is critical; it is the ability to resolve it in a productive and healthy manner that matters most.

Medical practices are busy places with limited resources - it often makes sense to outsource functions not directly related to the practice of medicine.

You might need to readjust your sleeping habits or your pre-bedtime rituals, but getting enough sleep is the key to a successful workday.

While many external factors affect work-life balance, the internal battles we fight are often the most challenging. Here's how I propose to change that.