April 3rd 2025
Healthcare organizations face ongoing challenges in leadership retention, engagement, and recruitment amid financial pressures, evolving career expectations, and a shifting talent landscape.
November 19th 2024
De-escalating situations and emotions can settle disagreements between staff members.
February 8th 2023
Why concierge medicine may be the solution, not the problem.
January 3rd 2023
Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
December 19th 2022
Fixing the Broken Practice
How to identify and correct dysfunction and burnout
Peaceful Partnerships
Advice for making physician partnerships work
Learning for Life
How to be a life-long learner
Retirement Readiness
How to prepare for retirement
Physician-Friendly States
Physicians Practice identified the friendliest U.S. states in which to hang a shingle
Super Doc?
Profiles of physicians who went into business
Tap Into Your Potential
An interview with Francine Gaillour, MD
It Takes Two
How to handle a physician marriage
Retired No More
A surprising number of retired doctors are being forced to go back to work
Death of a Practice
How one practice met its end
Confidants Needed
Mentoring programs are common in much of corporate America. Why don't more medical practices have them?
Need a Satellite Office?
Opening a satellite office is a risky and complex undertaking. Here are some things to consider before you begin.
From MD to MBA
Crystal Run Healthcare has come a long way from its 1982 beginnings as a one-physician, one-site practice with an unfinished floor. And so has its founder, Hal Teitelbaum, MD, a former academic who launched the practice with no business experience and no
Specialists in Demand
Tips for finding and keeping specialists that are in demand. Creativity helps.
House Calls Make a Comeback
House calls are becoming popular again. Would it work for you?
The Partnership Track
How to assess if the job is what you want and how to get it
Do Managerial Roles Pay?
Setting up a compensation plan for physician managers
Older Docs, Wiser Docs
Consider hiring non-traditional (read,older) physicians
Credentialing Made Easy
Easier ways to get credentialed and get paid
Bring in the Business
Learn how to work better with and market to referring physicians
It's Your Call
Ways to handle call that make everyone happy
From Lab Coat to Suit Coat
How some physicians have succesfully put their clincal experience to work in business
Remember Handshakes?
A robust network of peers, colleagues, and other contacts can put the heat on a career
I, Witness
How to be great expert witness
Make a Good Impression
What physicians do wrong and do right when applying for a new position
Can We All Get Along?
Generational conflict is a fact of life in medical groups. But can the ideals of different generations be closer than everyone thinks?
Meet Me Halfway
Pointers on negotiating, preparing, and getting along as a young physician
Douse Physician Burnout
Ease the effects of career exhaustion
Hang Up Your Stethoscope Early
What to consider when making a decision to retire early
Voyage of Discovery
What to consider before you sign a contract