Work/Life Balance

Running a medical practice is hard enough, but when the economy adds stressors, it gets even harder.

The backbone of our healthcare system - the physician - is in trouble, as physicians struggle to cope with forces of market and government-induced reform.

I'm going to take a cue from Little House on the Prairie and try to live more simply both at home and at my medical practice.

The qualities associated with an excellent physician are not always those associated with successful business people. Here's how you can strive to be both.

My advice to patients is a lot like my approach to yoga - don't go to the edge of your endurance or capability, save something in reserve.

I know I can't help every patient, but I try. But sometimes, some patients push me to the brink of frustration when they won't let me help.

I think sometimes, in trying to achieve work-life balance, we add more stuff to an already packed life in the misguided hope that …everything will fall into place.

I know practically nothing about Marissa Meyer, but I support her decision. Who best to know how to juggle home and work than the one doing the juggling?

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Are you at a career crossroad? Here's how several physicians created new paths for themselves.

It always feels good to be back home, whether that’s back in the country, back at my house, or back in my clinic.

When my patient went into labor the day I planned to take my family to a ball game, my whole schedule went topsy turvy.

Jack Welch’s talk reminded me that hard choices are involved in achieving success inside and outside of the medical practice.

The doc shortage is creating opportunities for physicians who are willing to explore alternative career options.

I’m not a family physician for the money. So, if I’m clicking on that financial tab in my EHR as a way to measure the value of what I did in clinic that day, I am an idiot.

John K. Jarboe, MD, on how he came to appreciate the power of living a healthy life.

Internist Sharon Berenfeld on what her non-Hodgkins lymphoma taught her about life on the other side of the stethoscope.

From having a better family life to making teamwork easier, here are nine reasons why closing out patient charts in a timely manner is the way to go.

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Some young physicians want to make time to start families. And shifting employment markets are making such arrangements more common. But is it right for you?

Test your smarts by identifying which of these famous "doctors" are actually doctors. (And no, PhDs don't count.)

Here are 10 tips to improve documentation at your medical practice to get you out of the office and back home to spend time with your family.

Performance measurements for physicians are well-intentioned and get me to rethink how I practice. But in the end I won't make the goals, so I'll have to go with balance over perfection.

Physicians have very stressful lives, so there's the need for other outlets for our energy, whether it is at a shooting range, playing hockey, or learning to play guitar.

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