Opinion

While I don’t believe that AI is ready to replace physicians when it comes to the practice of medicine (now or possibly ever), I have been shocked at how far it has progressed in acting as a medical scribe.

It's time for pharmaceutical companies and others to innovate and disrupt the distribution side of treatment.

With planning and perseverance, small practices can still succeed against large practices and health care organizations

How to improve communication between primary and specialty care.

Let’s look at key considerations for health care leaders as they invest in innovation.

The following strategies can improve access to primary care.

Staying independent allows doctors to improve on what they do best by enabling them to be nimble and innovative while focusing on satisfaction of patients and staff.

Advanced practice practitioners, retailers, telehealth are replacing doctor-patient relationship

Michael Lewis, let me tell you about primary care physicians.

What is the impact of nonphysician providers on physician education?

The rise in corporatization in medicine continues to upend the proud tradition of physicians in private practice who have long provided outstanding care according to their deep-seated and carefully nurtured vision.

A rebuttal to a 2019 article on HIPAA.

Through storytelling we can create empathy and earn trust.

Launching in 2020, the Physician Support Line is available to medical students, resident/ fellows, attending physicians, and retired physicians.

Regulators have better things to do than come after small practices, right? Wrong.

One week in the Dominican Republic gave me a renewed perspective on practicing medicine.

Physicians and employers are tired of waiting for the government to fix health care. So they came together and fixed it themselves.

Patients from under-resourced populations lack the preventive health screenings and early interventions that can reduce the risk of illness or disability.

Primary care doctors are community health leaders – and we need more of them in more communities.

Let’s take stock on the real issue of why we don’t have enough physicians.

Investing in customer experience strategies can improve customer satisfaction, raise employee retention and save companies money in the long term. Private practices that do not maintain digital prowess will have unhappy patients and unhappy employees.

Although it may be hard for us to admit, physicians face the same types of mental health conditions as our patients.

The right communication strategy can keep you from losing a patient.

Understanding the cuts to physician reimbursement

Hint: It’s an in-person, supply-and-demand thing.

Restoring the trusted patient-physician relationship.

Technology can support processes for relief in a tight labor market.

There are interesting differences in the ways patients of varying ethnicities and races engage with technology.

The ‘business of medicine’ sounds like a contradiction of terms.

Physicians Foundation president offers resources, evidence-based actions for leaders.