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Physicians Practice® spoke with Dr. Nada Elbuluk, practicing dermatologist and director of clinical impact at VisualDx, about how cognitive biases present themselves in care strategies and how the industry can begin to work to overcome these biases.

Direct primary care (DPC) is becoming increasingly popular, but many physicians may be unfamiliar with the model. What exactly is DPC?

How clinicians and healthcare providers can recognize and properly managing grief

Automation is improving communication, flexibility, and work-life balance.

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Physicians Practice® spoke with Michael Morgan, at the time the CEO of Updox and a contributor to Physicians Practice, to discuss the new technologies that you should consider implementing in your practice and why implementing a virtual care strategy will be so important post COVID.

Some key elements to creating an operating manual at your practice without a huge investment of time or money.

A shared vision for your practice’s three-to-five-year horizon can amplify your practice to grow revenue and weather internal and external crises.

Business training filled with tips for physicians.

While helpful, the increase in electronic patient information creates more opportunity for errors, omissions, or mistakes that can ultimately lead to an unintended patient outcome and subsequent evidence against a provider in a legal proceeding.

Appointment reminders are a great place to begin text messaging patients. Patients want them, laws (e.g., TCPA) are relatively lenient toward them, and they can reduce no-shows. See how to text message patient appointment reminders effectively.

Here are some steps healthcare providers can take to better serve LGBTQ patients.

Traditional paper statements and calls have been increasingly ineffective.

Rugged individualism has its limits.

The managerial role, which historically emphasized operational knowledge and experience is now demanding the familiarity of clinical operations as well.

The difference lies in more than just the name.

Even with the adoption of telemedicine during the pandemic, locum tenens physicians are finding ways to reduce the stress on a burdened industry.

Misperceptions and realities about the traveling physician’s role.

Regardless of how great any innovation or new venture may seem when it comes to improving the healthcare system, physicians are key to the solution.

A few notable items seemingly intersect with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

One physician's experience with reimbursement for the telemedicine services her health system uses.

Dr. Janis Coffin, DO, discusses how telehealth has increased the opportunity to manage patients with chronic conditions and how practices can financially benefit from these setups.

Simple, effective ways medical workers can reconnect with and replenish themselves.

Dr. Janis Coffin, DO, discusses how she has witnessed telehealth adoption change over the course of the pandemic

It’s now more important than ever to consider how we can improve our healthcare providers’ experiences at work so they can keep doing what they do best—caring for patients.