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It's time to take a look at the state of healthcare.

Change is the one constant in health information technology. What does the future hold?

Despite the news of primary care's decline, reports seem to indicate that primary care skills are gaining in value.

Thinking about leasing a car? Discover why owning outright might make more financial sense.

Find out how well-designed EHR workflows can help productivity.

Charles J. Lockwood, MD, MHCM, discusses the Affordable Care Act, primary care, and the state of the healthcare system with Medical Economics Editor-in-Chief Lois A. Bowers, MA.

Have an employee who is key to your organization but only works well with a few people in the practice? See what you should do.

You don't necessarily need to buy out a retiring partner.

Worried about how EHRs are going to affect your productivity? Find out what other physicians are saying about the issue.

Been a while since you hired a new associate? Here's what you need to know about finding the right person.

Has your landlord offered you a 'good guy' clause in your lease? See how such provisions can protect you in the future.

Afraid to face the inevitability of EHR Implementation? See the best ways one doctor dealt with it.

Implementation of ICD-10 has been delayed until October 1, 2014, according to new rules published today in the Federal Register.

Primary care doctors who are ensnared in one of the new RAC project's reviews could see a 75-day delay in payment.

A new initiative led by the federal government will pay 500 participating primary care practices a $20 monthly per-patient care-management fee – and in many cases more.

Internists in five states will be part of an American College of Physicians/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention effort to create a 3-year, evidence-based program to increase adult immunization rates.

Invisible tasks associated with non-face-to-face patient care are threatening to make the workload of primary care physicians unsustainable, a new study says.

Theft was the No. 1 cause of data breaches, accounting for 52% last year. Unauthorized access accounted for 19%. Just 6% of breaches happened due to hacking.

A lack of educational mandate is one reason that many medical schools do not teach their students how to use electronic health record (EHR) systems, even though use of the systems is increasing in the practice of medicine.

The government is trying to make it easier for you to submit claims payments to insurance companies electronically. Find out how your practice can benefit.

Does primary care provided at home improve outcomes for chronically ill patients? Practices participating in a new study will help reveal any benefits.

Nearly one-third of you aren't accepting new Medicaid patients, but increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates to Medicare levels could go a long way toward overcoming that reluctance, according to a new report.

Wellpoint took last place in a controversial survey of hospital executives’ opinions of big health insurance companies.

Primary care doctors are among the types of physicians most at-risk for burnout, a wide-ranging and "alarming" problem that threatens the foundation of the U.S. medical system, according to a new study led by the Mayo Clinic.

A recent study points to a new benefit of electronic health records: managing patients in your practice. Predicted patient retention. Get the details here.

While the majority of physicians and health providers would like to use mobile devices to access their electronic health records systems, very few are actually doing it.

Physicians prefer Marco Rubio over Paul Ryan as GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's running mate, a new poll shows.

Review top apps, tips about apps physicians find useful in their work. Here's what they told us.