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Letters discuss board certification and electronic health records.

When the author reflects on special holiday cards he has received over the years, images of his patients come to life.

Review 10 of the latest devices in Medical Economics' annual list of new technology products for practice.

Older Americans are less healthy than their English counterparts, but they live as long or even longer than their English peers, according to a study released by the RAND Corporation and the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London.

Know how to determine tax basis on inherited stocks

Find out how to keep an employee even if you're unable to pay more in compensation.

Is it possible to sell just one-third of your practice to an associate?

There is an emerging concept in medicine of a health coach who serves as an integral part of a medical practice.

As physicians, it is your responsibility to protect your patients and supervise staff members who work for you.

The author regards herself as a pretty nice, approachable, and reasonable person. So she says it never fails to surprise her when she has a difficult and heated exchange with another physician.

Find out whether premiums for long-term care policies are deductible.

Medicare practices that have implemented an electronic health record system report better financial performance than those that have not, according to a survey from the Medical Group Management Association.

Practicing good medicine can be a delicate balancing act that includes clinical skills and knowledge, the application of the skills and knowledge, and often, patient adherence (depending on what's being treated).

To make informed business or investing decisions, it's imperative to have a good feel for where the economy is heading.

A patient-centered approach to medical care holds that the patient holds responsibility for his or her own care.

Determine whether you can deduct the cost of medical equipment upfront.

As a family physician with more than 20 years of experience in inpatient and outpatient medicine, the author sees part of his role as being an advocate for patients within "the system."

Learn how to avoid or minimize corporate taxes if you sell your medical practice.

The transition from paper to electronic health records may be a challenge, but it is worth the effort, says David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator for Health Information Technology, who spoke during the annual conference of the Medical Group Management Association in October.

Learn the appropriate codes that you can use for reporting the monitoring of warfarin dosage for certain patients.

New cases of diabetes will increase from about 8 cases per 1,000 Americans in 2008 to about 15 cases per 1,000 in 2050, according to a new study.

Nearly 7 out of 10 practices are likely to limit the number of new Medicare patients they accept unless Congress halts upcoming Medicare reimbursement cuts set to take place on December 1 and January 1, according to survey results of the MGMA.

The physician committee that advises the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the valuation of physician work needs an outside group to ensure these rates fairly compensate all specialties, according to a letter to CMS from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

A physician ponders a patient's death and what it must be like to become sick and die so far from home, to be offered words of comfort in a language you do not know, and to wonder what might have been done differently.

Learn whether there is a standard formula to calculate how much it costs to see a patient in office.

Letters discuss remembering patients as human beings, recalling positive past experiences, and the misuse of midlevels.

What does it mean to be uninsured in America?

Under increasing pressure from third-party payers and facing the uncertainty of healthcare reform, physicians have been able to find some comfort in stable, or, in some cases, declining medical liability premiums.