Larry Beresford is a contributing author for Medical Economics.

Larry Beresford

Articles

In addition to helping patients better manage chronic, difficult-to-treat conditions, mindfulness could help physicians manage job stress and burnout.

What can mindfulness offer to you and your patients?

The responsibility for both diagnosing and managing patients with dementia often falls largely on the primary care physician.

Managing dementia in the ambulatory care setting 

Physicians must confront these difficult conversations 

Why end-of-life care planning is a necessary service

Do you know what treatments your patients would want if they became seriously or even terminally ill?

Is end-of-life planning truly necessary?

Why has health technology been so slow to deliver on its promised benefits to hospitals and physicians?

Why have EHRs failed to deliver their promised efficiency benefits?

As Medicare spending on hospice care has grown steadily in recent years-reaching $15.1 billion annually-the government has stepped up its regulatory scrutiny of hospice enrollment practices to make sure that only appropriate patients are being admitted.