Careers

Good fences make good neighbors.

Tammie Chang, MD, explains her “raft of otters” analogy and how it applies to the importance of female support systems.

Enrollment rates are up for female physicians, but retention is still an issue.

Chang gives the advice she wishes someone would have told her when she was struggling.

An exclusive excerpt from the new book “Searching for the Family Doctor: Primary Care on the Brink."

Some of the essential characteristics of being a good communicator are to be concise, specific, pleasant, approachable, and most of all, to be a good listener.

Women physicians deal with more setbacks than their male counterparts.

Doctors face increased burnout rates, loss of autonomy and greater financial threats from nonphysician practitioners

Healthcare is undergoing a seismic and highly visible shift that poses a serious threat to traditional care providers.

The subspecialties with the highest starting salaries, and highest incomes after 10 years, for men and women in adult medical subspecialties.

After 10 years women’s median earnings are 9% less than men’s.

To help ensure you know exactly how to handle workplace conflict at your medical practice, we asked an expert to weigh in.

When I read about the plight of primary care doctors and their widespread dissatisfaction with their profession, I remember Dr. William Vroom.

Are you willing to try something different?

Annual financial cost is more than $1 trillion.

Achieving credentialing efficiency requires practices to automate, centralize, and ensure visibility into their credentialing data.

Medical networks and smaller practices alike are facing spiraling inflation costs and staffing shortfalls due to waves of COVID cases that are impacting physicians, staff, and management.

Having a relationship with a good financial planner brings a “best of” team of advisors to help you achieve your life goals.

The perils of giving POA to the wrong person and how to avoid that mistake.

At our first in-person county medical society meeting in nearly two years, I found a balm for my jaded thinking.

Findings emphasize importance of care in terms used to describe patients.

Whether you are pitching an investment opportunity or need to get a point across to a patient quickly, an effective elevator speech is a must.

Researchers suggest thinking in terms of “pitfalls” would improve process.

This trend presents an enormous challenge for traditional practices.

A large number of healthcare workers have left the medical field — leaders need to focus on caring for their staff.

Medical Economics asked our audience what they considered the major challenges facing physicians and practices in 2022.

An employee appreciation program is a great place to start.

There are ways to mitigate stress by managing its symptoms. But there are also ways to lessen stress by preventing some of it in the first place.

What's the best way to manage personnel issues with a problem employee?

Do no harm, even though your patient might.