Healthcare Careers

Here are five key issues that require attention when negotiating the sale of your medical practice.

More than two out of three physicians have adopted EHRs, but concerns remain.

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

Physicians leave practices all the time and most do so with the appropriate amount of notice …but sometimes, that's not the case.

The failure to include medical information science and critical thinking in the medical school curriculum is more a sign of ignorance than of sagacity.

Physicians attend conferences for lots of reasons and most offer no tangible return on their investment of money and time away from practice. Here’s a better way.

Concierge medicine helps physicians tap into the value of their personal relationships with patients, despite worries to the contrary.

There are multiple reasons why physician burnout is so prevalent. While many are obvious, there’s one that even doctors might fail to recognize.

As I plan for my retirement, I look at the next generation of physician assistants and what the future looks like for them.

Part of work-life balance is selecting those things that matter the most. Sometimes when you say good-bye to something, however, it really is a final good-bye.

Here are five topics you should incorporate into your physician blogging as soon as possible to boost success for your medical practice.

You may be a good leader at your medical practice, but becoming great requires good instincts, experience, and hard work.

The focus of the 2012 presidential election now centers around the future of Medicaid and Medicare.

Here are some specific steps and resources to get you started on your own business continuation planning for your medical practice.

Practice Notes blogger and endocrinologist Melissa Young recently wrote that it saddens her that the healthcare system is forcing out excellent physicians.

With healthcare's business landscape shifting fast, doctors are gambling on new career strategies. But where are they placing their chips? Find out with our exclusive survey results.

New research finds that female physicians might be better off becoming physician assistants.

My own triumph over being overweight demonstrated to patients that I could follow the advice I give and understand their difficulties.

By the very nature of our healthcare industry there always have been - and always will be - differences in care.

Parent guilt just like doctor doubt is a serious force to be reckoned with, but you have to strike a balance between what is best and what is necessary.

Medicare reimbursement could become more problematic the pay cut due to the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula is not averted.

It's time to start thinking about what would happen if a key member of your medical practice were no longer there.

Whether you have a lot of free time or just a few minutes each day, here are ways your skills can benefit those in need.

Due to the current healthcare climate a colleague of mine is moving to the corporate world and it saddens me that the system is forcing out excellent physicians.

If Congress fails to avert the Medicare SGR pay cut, many physicians will shut their doors to new Medicare patients. But things could get even worse.

The best way to optimize your sales price, no matter what the market conditions are like, is to optimize your operations.

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.

Employing veterans to help rectify the domestic primary-care provider shortage is a win-win, but more needs to be done.

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.

Here are three key items every successful physician recruitment outreach strategy should include.