New Fee Survey: Bridging the reimbursement gap
Our latest survey on fees and reimbursements shows a continuing--and substantial--gap between what you charge and what you get paid.
P. Hunter Bolton: Family doctor
The author found more than old instruments in a medical bag he inherited.
Practice Beat
Quality of Care, Drug Abuse, Tort Reform, Medicaid, Insurance Hassles
They're not sick; they need a doctor; you can cope
You became a doctor to take care of sick people. So what are all these healthy folks doing in your waiting room?
Letters to the Editors
When medical review boards abdicate their responsibility, A bad outcome but no malpractice, Note from the editors
Hemlock is natural, too
Think twice about using alternative medicines, this physician tells her patients.
ONLINE News Briefs
Treatment Denials, Health Costs
10 things your staff would love to tell you
A veteran medical assistant has some good-natured advice for physicians.
A jellybean drill in Oklahoma
A three-day bioterrorism drill, complete with a low-flying crop-duster spewing pretend Yersinia pestis.
How to talk to your patients about sex
The doctor's office is the logical--and sometimes the only--place where people can seek help with their most intimate problems.
Malpractice Consult
Botox? Smooth out the risks
Terrorism: Guarding against biological agents
Vigilance is the key. Here are steps you can take right now.
Gifts: What's all the fuss about?
Most doctors tell us they aren't unduly influenced by gifts from pharmaceutical companies, and they don't understand all the commotion.
Assisted suicide? Pain control? Where's the line?
Physicians are evenly divided about assisted suicide, but most agree they need to treat pain better.
My toughest choice
Our survey asked specific questions about the hot-button ethical issues in medicine today, but we also wanted to hear about the thorny issues that proved most troublesome on an individual level. The solutions are seldom comfortable.
Abortion: A right or an outrage?
Physicians are just as divided as the rest of the nation on this controversial issue.
Mutual Funds, Autos
Warning patients about the dangers of food allergies, Don't use this code for nursing home patients
Malpractice Consult: Who takes call when a doctor leaves the practice?
Who takes call when a doctor leaves the practice?
Financial Beat
Stocks, Teens, Bonds, Retirement
Did I help Bobby kill himself?
A patient's death taught this young doctor a valuable lesson about controlled substances.
Malpractice, Patient Safety, Phones, Mutual Funds
Medical Licensure, Patient Safety, Reimbursement, Claims Denials, HMO Premiums
Is it wrong to accept freebies from detail reps?
Malpractice Consult: Your liability for a nurse's mistake
Your liability for a nurse's mistake
How I curb curbside consults
Set limits, or you'll never get through the grocery checkout line, says this formerly hassled physician.
Practice Pointers: How to be a supreme dictator
Good dictation habits improve patient care, lower malpractice risk, and boost income.