Richard E. Waltman, MD

A reader argues that physicians have been increasingly pushed to the sidelines by other players in the healthcare game.

Medical Economics editorial board member Richard W. Waltman, MD, shares his opinion about the Supreme Court Affordable Care Act ruling.

Your care of a patient isn't limited to what happens within the four walls of your practice, a Medical Economics board member discovers.

A member of the Medical Economics Editorial Advisory Board details how his love of nature and his desire to give back opened the eyes of underprivileged children to the wonders of the National Parks--and opened his eyes to the joys of volunteering.

It may be time in the profession to value quality over quantity.

Over the many years of my medical practice, it has repeatedly occurred to me that we might be better caregivers if we had a more visceral rather than purely intellectual understanding of what our patients are experiencing.

His own illness leads one doctor to make some changes in the way he treats patients - more than 25 years into practice.

For this doctor, letting the inpatient staff assume care for his patients hasn't been easy. But now he's glad about it.