Productivity

The significant value of physician/physician assistant teams is confirmed by a recently published MGMA report.

Clear and well-respected boundaries between medical practice managers and physicians are essential. Here's how to better define them.

Sometimes it takes a conscious effort to get away and unplug. Just don't think you need to make up the time when you get back from your retreat.

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

Family physician L. Gordon Moore shares eight efficiency improvement tips for medical practices.

Time and profits are precious commodities at medical practices, but EHRs and the new standard of accountability can jeopardize both.

Begin ICD-10 preparations with an analysis of how the new code set will affect office work flow for each medical practice employee.

To operate efficiently and profitably, medical practices must devote time and attention to non-urgent, non-routine matters.

What I predict will be the top 10 challenges to physicians' work-life balance in the coming year.

A review of the best advice given to medical practices over the past 12 months.

CareCloud's Physician Profitability Index reveals financial challenges, and how technology can address them.

There is a direct correlation between laws governing physician assistant scope of practice and their effectiveness as part of the care team.

A recent Staff Care survey of nurse practitioners reveals off-the-chart career satisfaction, but fears of overextension loom.

Whether patient-care situations or other scheduling conflicts, only I can change those factors that cause imbalance.

It is important for practice leaders to remind physicians and staff that there is a professional way to handle disagreements.

CMS reconsiders its move to restrict hospital admissions to physicians only, and reaffirms the ability of nonphysician providers to write admission orders for patients.

Want to save time and boost reimbursement at your medical practice? Offer shared medical visits. Here's how.

Voice recognition technology has come a long way, but for some physicians, transcription still needs to be part of the package.

Now is the season for planning and creating a strategy for a practice that can survive the future. Here are six roles to fill at your office today.

Physician practices should begin strategic planning now for the years ahead.

High stress among staff contributes to absenteeism, lower productivity, and poor teamwork. Here's what administrators can do to help.

Learn what you need to focus on now to adequately prepare for the ICD-10 transition.

A proposed rule by CMS would severely hamper PAs and other nonphysician providers from helping patients in need of care, sometimes immediately.

Medical practice staff meetings can improve productivity and staff morale - if done correctly. Here are five ways to hold more effective staff meetings.

Addressing patients who arrive late is one thing, but when members of your medical practice staff, including physicians, are tardy, it's time to take action