Physician Productivity

Are EHRs becoming more end-user friendly? This provider has seen recent proof that this might actually be happening.

Independent practices likely have a lot of questions about the looming value-based environment. Here's helpful insight and guidance from two experts.

This doctor’s patient has all but lost her short-term memory. Unfortunately, the doctor seems to be the only one who sees it.

When it comes to improving diagnosis in healthcare, the importance of scientific thinking must be stressed. It doesn’t take magic.

Physician assistants can help busy physician practices better cope with the frustrations of EHR. Here's how.

Physicians are at risk of insomnia just as much as the general population. Here are six tips to reclaim your rest.

A Louisiana-based doctor talks about being burned-out as an employed physician and switching to a direct primary-care model.

My office is understaffed, overworked, and I'm drowning in paperwork. I do not have time for vomiting.

The Patient-Centered Specialty Practice program was designed in many ways to complement the success of the medical home program and expand its reach.

Physicians are experiencing frustration with federal quality care programs that tie patient satisfaction to physician compensation.

We all know it’s important to insert breathing room into our lives, so why is doing this so hard? It’s important to accept our limits.

Achieving the principles and goals of lean management will help your practice make a continued commitment to improving patient care.

Spending time and energy cajoling a payer to approve a medication or procedure can be time-consuming and interrupt your practice day.

While there are more tools than ever within the EHR, many providers are still not using them to their fullest. There are multiple reasons why.

There are many things in life physicians have no control over. But, by making deliberate, positive choices, they can often improve a negative situation.

Physician assistants can be a key teammate for medical practices in the management, education, and support of diabetic patients.

Taking care of a patient is what doctors strive to do, not judging a bee’s intent, a requirement of the new ICD-10 coding system.

Here’s one unique perspective on why in today’s healthcare environment, it’s not easy to reconcile the clinical and business sides of medicine.

A recent study revealed that among practices within ACOs, individual physicians aren’t reaping financial benefits through higher compensation.

Once implemented, an EHR can bring many benefits to a practice. But minor mistakes can cause major problems. Here's what to watch out for.

In a changing healthcare environment, it’s important for physicians, PAs, and everyone else in the care team to get on the same page.

The rash of back-to-school physicals always tasks practices this time of year. Look to physician assistants to help manage the extra case load.

From 7 a.m. grand rounds to in-person meetings that should be conference calls, we're going beyond just saying "no." We are declaring our independence.

What can the Cooperative Principle teach us about better using EHRs? A lot actually.

I don't want to stop doing surgery until I'm physically unable to perform safely; however, there are a lot things that I want to do outside of medicine.

Hiring a locum tenens physician can take the burden off physicians in your practice, and allow you to continue to see patients and bill for services.

Physicians should rethink the paradigm of work-life balance, by making choices that are in synchrony with their priorities and responsibilities.

There are many good reasons physicians should build tech-free time into their busy schedules.

Physicians don't appreciate being taken away from their work to attend sessions that provide no value. Here are seven steps to avoid such meetings.

The nonsensical requests need to stop. They have progressed to a distraction and will soon become the reason physicians leave clinical practice.