5 retirement-planning challenges for physician-owned practices - and 5 solutions
Planning for retirement is a daunting challenge for anyone, but physician-practice owners face some distinct hurdles unmatched by most other careers.
Between medical school, residency, and fellowships, physicians don't realize their f...
The road to Oz: 5 ways physicians can finally reach the promised land of value-based care
For years we've been promised the Emerald City of the U.S. healthcare - a value-based care model. And for good reason. The volume-based fee-for-service care approach we have now is the most expensive in the world and among the worst in qualit...
If hospitals want to cut readmission rates, do a better job teaching patients about self-care
An older man is rushed to the emergency room suffering from a rapid pulse, severe thirst, and drowsiness - classic symptoms of a diabetic crisis.
After a few days of treatment, he's discharged by an overworked nurse with some writ...
Ready or not: 3 big changes coming for primary care physicians
Even before the pandemic, primary care was complicated. Now it's even more so as Covid-19 upends old practices, ushers in new ones and accelerates changes that were already in the works.
Tectonic shifts are underway for practitioner...