Ed Rabinowitz

Ensuring that your practice has a written policy on breaks and meals that all employees know and understand isn't just about improving morale - it is also a financial situation for practice owners.

Walking away from a successful clinical practice and devoting her professional life to wellness was the best decision nutritionist Ann Kulze, MD, made and led to her becoming a spokesperson for Ruby Tuesday's Smart Eating Initiative.

Most physicians will say they're putting more time and effort into their medical practice than 10 or 15 years ago. But the important question is whether or not that extra time it used profitably. Unfortunately, they don't often know.

A one-of-a-kind dermatologist manages to involve his family in his career while creating new products and traveling for volunteer medical missions.

There has been a drastic shift in priorities for physicians over the last few decades. Now they're willing to earn less if it means less hours and more time at home with the family.

Customer service matters more to patient satisfaction than medical treatment. Since patients' expectations have been lowered so much, putting just a little work into patient interactions will benefit your practice's bottom line.

Vadim Gushchin is one of a handful of physicians on the East Coast who will perform a high-risk procedure on cancer patients; but the technique is minimally invasive and doesn't require surgery.

At least half of patients want to receive regular texts and emails from their physician as a means to help them stay healthy; however, the vast majority of doctors don't want the hassle.

The clock is ticking for physicians countrywide - at least where Medicare reimbursement is concerned. According to a CPA, if Congress doesn't act to prevent the 27% Medicare reimbursement cut, then some physicians could be out of business in just 90 days.

A family medicine physician who took a different path since he was a teenager. Ed Levitan, MD, also practices Shiatsu, Japanese bodywork, energy medicine and acupuncture.

Should someone break into a medical practice's system because of a weak password, the practice would be in violation of HIPAA if patient data became exposed. Since most adults already have five or more passwords to remember, they choose weak, easy-to-remember passwords that put the practice at risk.

It's no secret patients are using technology to augment their relationship with physicians and enhance their own care maintenance, so physicians would benefit from embracing it as well and using the internet to their advantage.

We all know that it's easy to talk the talk; walking the walk is more of a challenge. That's particularly true for physicians who are determined to educate their patients about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.

Armando Sardi is one of the select few surgical oncologists in the world to employ leading edge procedures such as HIPEC to treat advanced stages of abdominal cancers. The 15-hour procedure is so grueling that many physicians view it in a negative light.

Do you treat your employees at your practice like staff, or do you expect a little more out of them? It's no small task if you expect them to act and treat patients as though the practice was their own; but it's possible to instill that kind of passion and responsibility in your staff.

Key performance indicators are the best way to track physician and staff productivity in a medical practice to protect income and eliminate errors and redundancies in the office.

A tour of duty as a medical officer in the U.S. Navy presented an Illinois spinal surgeon with the business model that would make his practice a success and shaped his style for interacting with patients.

Most physicians don't take into account the unanticipated out-of-pocket expenses and hidden costs that crop up after installation when choosing to implement an electronic medical record.

Congress still has to decide on the action it will take in regarding gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax exemptions, so physicians should stay flexible and take advantage of any strategies that will lessen the amount of money taxed when Jan. 1, 2013 rolls around.

Many markets have seen increased competition as hospital consolidation continues. This trend has driven up physician compensation as doctors leave private practice for the income protection offered by hospital employment.

Being associated with the development of a new medical procedure is one thing - it's quite another to have that procedure named after you. Kenneth Reed, MD, pioneer behind the Reed Procedure, knows a little something about it.

At a time when physicians are looking to boost practice revenue, many are adding ancillary services as a way of improving their bottom lines. One of the more popular services is an in-house lab.

Even when doctors are listening to a patient, they might have their heads buried in charts. Using a scribe frees physicians to focus completely on the patient, and enables them to be more productive in the long run.

A specialist in diabetes and bariatrics who performs magic both in his practice with his patients and on the stage for entertainment.

Physicians are routinely fulfilling third-party medical record requests; but now there is an opportunity to generate incremental revenue for the fulfillment work they're already doing.

The patient experience, and in many respects the healing process, begins in the medical practice's waiting room. Are the walls bland, the chairs uncomfortable, or the magazines outdated?

Ezriel Kornel, MD, FASC, is not just a superb neurosurgeon and medical tool inventor, he's an actor with a passion for all the arts.

If steep Medicare reimbursements cuts arrive next year, how will your medical practice survive? There are a number of options for physicians to be proactive and develop a plan right now to supplement their income.

Trends can tell us a great deal about the world around us, and right now the trend for physicians and addiction is a negative one.

Inventor, entrepreneur, author and cutting-edge physician - all appropriate descriptors for Gregory Soltanoff, DC, a third-generation chiropractor.