SPOTLIGHT -
April 26th 2024
But there’s a catch – AAMC says more money is needed for graduate medical education or the situation will be much worse.
April 24th 2024
Here’s how to combine best practices, technology and people to find the staff you need.
Health care was an influence in FTC decision, but effects for nonprofits are up in the air.
April 23rd 2024
Federal Trade Commission splits 3-2 on new rule about contract clauses that affect physicians and other health care workers, but ban won't cover nonprofits.
April 17th 2024
Federal regulators announce public meeting next week on issue that is divisive in health care.
Malpractice Consult: Liability insurance for a physician assistant
Liability insurance for a physician assistant
Financial Beat
Stocks, Taxes, Travel, Home Loans
Corporations, Privacy, Wealth, Car Theft, Travel
Taxes, Travel, Cars, Mutual Funds
Online Prescribing: How one doctor got caught
An Arizona physician who approved drug orders for an Internet pharmacy believed he was providing patients with "a good service." The state medical board disagreed.
Your Voices
On socialized medicine and travel insurance, On rude patients, On boys, monkeys, and simpler days, On relationships
Can you speak your mind and keep your job?
The tales of two St. Louis doctors illustrate why you can't take freedom of speech for granted when you're somebody's employee.
Learning to heal, one patient at a time
Treating migrant workers, and forced to improvise in primitive conditions, this second-year resident learned that delivering care is more about trust than expediency.
Do airfares really cost less online?
To find the answer, our author experimented. Here&s what she learned.
Navigating on vacation: New tools for plotting the best routes
For travel without tripping up, few things are as indispensable as a map.
So many travel guides...which ones to buy?
With a mountain of choices facing you, selecting an ideal reference for your vacation can be daunting. Here are some best bets.
Retirement, Investment Scams, Mutual Funds, Restaurants, Travel
Leaving practice, but not the profession
You're probably making careful plans for financial security in retirement. But what about the rest of your life?
Stocks; Online Buying; Credit Cards; Travel
Knowing who you are and what you want
Much of your success rides not on technical skill but on the behavioral and cultural fit between you and your work. Here's how to get it right.
Can you find happiness where you are?
That's the million-dollar question. Here's how your colleagues who were tempted to quit found ways to ease the pressures.
Letters to the Editors
letters to the editors
Air Travel, Education, Autos
Where you go to get away from it all
The typical physician spends more than $6,700 a year on vacations, and the world is his oyster, according to our survey.
Your Nest Egg, Mutual Funds, Air Travel, Taxes
Re-engineering your practice: Do patients love you, but hate your phones?
Confusing menus, canned ads, irksome music, assurances that "your call is important." And waits that border on eternity. Is this any way to greet patients?
Plan your next vacation on the Internet
Discount airfares, hotel rooms, rental cars, and cruises?-as well as a gold mine of sightseeing, restaurant, and other information on your travel destination-?are now a few mouse-clicks away.
Reality Check: Which physicians are heading for the exits?
A national survey recently said that nearly half of doctors age 50 and older are planning to retire or cut back their activity in the next three years. What's going on out there?
The Internet; Mutual Funds; Travel Tidbits; Gadgets; Giving; Cars; Real Estate.
A managed care sting
A flat fish administers a unique brand of justice.
Travel; Stocks; Insurance; Banking, Mutual Funds
Why I'll never travel incognito
Some of the author's most treasured experiences occurred after strangers learned what he does for a living.