Training

Here's some food for thought on when to deliver ICD-10 training to your medical practice staff, where you should go for it, and how to evaluate it.

There's a new dimension to the knowledge and experience physicians must have to practice effectively and prudently due to the explosion of computer use.

Don’t let your practice fall short when it comes to workplace safety policies and procedures. Here are some tips.

While the ICD-10 compliance date is nearly a year away, now is the time to begin training and education planning. Here are some tips.

A positive vendor-practice relationship is often the difference between smooth sailing and a bad breakup. Here's how to have a happy marriage.

One of the sweet moments in teaching medical students or in parenting is seeing your student or child shine in their own right.

Day-to-day operations at your practice can easily get derailed. Here's how to keep staff on track despite possible disruptions.

Not sure where to get started on your medical practice's operations manual? Here's a table of contents to get you started.

Which tech tools are must-haves? And how much are practices paying for all those tech goodies? Our annual survey of more than 1,300 practices has the answers.

No longer can a medical practice be run like it was in the last century. A successful medical practice must run more as a professional business.

Public health as an important part of an allopathic, clinical program may be intuitive to some, but implementing it is still a challenge.

Are docs and staff just not on the same page? Here's how to fix it.

While I think we all can agree that there is room for reforming and tweaking medical education …I do not agree that slicing off a year of residency training is a good idea.

There’s no education like experience, says Julie Schopps, a North Carolina-based pediatrician, about what medical school should teach.

Driving skills: learning to navigate the road to a successful medical career

If like many communities, yours has significant numbers of non-English speaking people with whom neither you nor your staff are able to converse, your practice is at a serious disadvantage.

Mentoring might be one of the least costly ways to cultivate professional development of your staff

Health literacy is the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services. How many of your patients truly have a handle on their own healthcare needs?

Patients say they want their doctors’ offices to be tech-savvy. They want to communicate with you and your staff, use patient portals and smartphone applications. But there’s a difference between wanting a digital future and actually knowing how to get there. Here’s how to get your patients and staff on board.

The transition to ICD-10 is a big one, so training your staff to understand and use the codes will take some time. In this podcast, Rhonda Buckholtz, vice president of ICD-10 training and education for the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), offers some insight into this transition.

You may be afraid of audits, but if you aren't auditing your own billing procedures, you're probably losing a fortune. Here's how.

Made your choice? That’s only part of the battle. Now you have to get it running. Our preparation checklist should help.

More and more patients are using complementary and alternative methodologies to supplement their healthcare, so it's time for docs to learn more about this growing field. Here's what you need to know about CAM and the role it can play in your practice and patient care.

Are you nearing contract negotiation time? Make sure you understand what you’re reading before you sign. Here’s a detailed analysis of what should and shouldn’t be in your next binding agreement.