April 10, 2019 edition

Physicians must change with it.

What physicians can do to harness patient-collected data.

How can physicians help their patients?

What physicians can do to collect the payment they deserve while also avoiding compliance risk.

How physicians can adapt to the patient empowerment trend 

A look at both approaches, examining the pros and cons of each, and when, or if, it can make sense to combine the two.

Letters from our readers 

Can an ICD-10-CM body mass index (BMI) code be used as a stand-alone code?

There are concerns that could swallow up the direct primary care movement and shunt it from being a potential salvation for our system to a flash in the pan.

Physicians are thinking outside the box early in their careers.

An overwhelming number of new medical technologies promises to improve diagnostics and increase efficiencies in healthcare-and we’ll start to see these improvements soon.

If physicians address these three pain points in a way that puts patients' needs first, they should be able to create the type of experiences patients will enjoy and tell the world about.