Patient portal messages: The value of tapping medical assistants to manage workflow
A study found that using medical assistants to filter and triage patient portal messages was an effective time saver for physicians.
A new patient portal workflow: What challenges can practices expect?
A Philadelphia-area medical practice experimented with having medical assistants triage patient portal messages. What challenges did they experience with this new workflow?
Patient portal messages: Why there's a gender gap in physicians responding
Jennifer N. Lee, M.D. recently conducted a study on managing patient portal messages at her medical practice — and found something interesting about physician gender.
Can better patient portal management help improve physician burnout?
A new study tested a different way to handle patient portal message inflow at a medical practice.
Managing patient messages: How one practice experimented with a new workflow
Primary care physicians are often inundated with messages from patients. Is there a better way for practices to manage this patient communication to help improve practice workflows and free up physician time?
NIOSH and physician burnout: How long is long-term?
Workplace well-being in the long run.
NIOSH and physician burnout: Who takes the lead?
On leadership by doctors and others.
NIOSH and physician burnout: Creating partnerships
NIOSH joins with other organizations in a common cause.
NIOSH and physician burnout: possible congressional action?
Discussing the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Protection Act, part 2.
NIOSH and physician burnout: Identifying the problem
How federal researchers approach health care burnout.
NIOSH and physician burnout: Generating attention
Is health care burnout getting the attention it deserves?
NIOSH and physician burnout: an introduction
Government researchers can help fight burnout in health care.
Self-insurance for your practice: Part 6
Can a self-insurance program be terminated -- and other questions practices need to consider before starting.
Self-insurance for your practice: Part 5
What regulations do you need to be aware of before starting a self-insurance program?
Self-insurance for your practice: Part 4
The steps needed to set up a self-insurance program.
Self-insurance for your practice: Part 3
Who is the best candidate for self-insurance?
Self-insurance for your practice: Part 2
What can a practice expect to save by self insuring and do you still need traditional insurance as a backup?
Self-insurance for your practice: Part 1
What you need to know about self insuring your practice
Match 2024: Make regulations easier for physicians
AAFP president discusses the 2024 Match and the present and future of family and internal medicine.
Match 2024: Independent voices in medicine
Match 2024: Lessons learned from COVID-19
Match 2024: An expert’s advice for new family doctors
Match 2024: Recruiting new doctors, and the best part of the job
Match 2024: Upcoming physicians are socially conscious
Match 2024: Good news for primary care
‘Impact Wellbeing’ – Health care worker leadership
A new resource is available to alleviate physician and health care worker burnout.
‘Impact Wellbeing’ – Tested in a health system
Dr. Lorna Breen Act: Can new technology help with physician burnout?
J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA, discusses the latest efforts in Washington to renew the Dr. Lorna Breen Healthcare Providers Protection Act.
‘Impact Wellbeing’ – The origin of a new program
Dr. Lorna Breen Act: ‘A mental health crisis’ in health care
