April 24th 2025
Teen drinking poses serious risks to adolescent health, affecting brain development and increasing addiction potential. There are effective strategies to address this issue.
April 22nd 2025
Earth Day and any day is a great day to analyze environmental waste in health care — and possible solutions for it.
With burnout, worker shortages and razor-thin margins, primary care doctors are in trouble in the United States, and Medicare is not helping.
April 21st 2025
How zero-trust security protects your medical practice from inside out.
April 18th 2025
Physicians plan for patients’ futures. It’s time to plan for their own with digital estate debt tools.
Using behavioral science and AI to meet the needs of patients and providers
Leveraging insights from AI and behavioral science can improve financial outcomes as well as clinical ones.
Doctor’s Office or Dollar General? How increased choice will impact patient loyalty
This trend presents an enormous challenge for traditional practices.
It's time to bring competition back to health care
Health care cost increases are not the result of over-utilization, but rather legalized kickback schemes.
How and why physicians must address burnout
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.
The need for more primary care never goes away
In response to great need for primary care, we have been purposefully redesigning and changing it for a decade now. Have we made any progress?
Setting boundaries: How to say no — and when to say yes
As we approach the holidays, we often find ourselves feeling overwhelmed and overcommitted. ‘Tis the season to start setting boundaries.
Beware the trend of for-profit medicine
Medical decision making now is influenced by everyone from insurers and government policymakers to the administrators of corporate entities that employ physicians.
Pink October video shines light on women’s health — and their right to know prices
Hospitals should put you in the pink, not in the red.
What evidence guides clinical decisions?
I am convinced that primary care and much of medicine today are in an “evidence desert”. Let me explain.
Want to take a month off and go traveling? Become a moonlighting physician
Can moonlighting lead to career freedom?
Cybersecurity poised to take center stage at HIMSS21
The increased volume of ransomware, data breaches and other attacks that started during the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten patient, data and medical device safety.
Will remote patient monitoring be a lifeline or a liability?
Like any powerful tool or technology, RPM can be used to make things better, but it can also wreak havoc if not done right.
The missing variable: The effect of physician replacements on healthcare spending
It’s time for health policy experts—and the public—to wake up and question whether replacing physicians with nonphysician practitioners is healthy for the state of our nation.
Your patients may soon be asking, “Do I have the flu or COVID-19?”
With COVID-19 cases resurging and the flu season fast approaching, we may see new concerns pop up, most especially with unvaccinated populations.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerates patient use of on-demand care
Questions linger around COVID-19’s origin
Debate and discussion about the origin of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been at the forefront of the global consciousness since the first cases were reported in December 2019.
More independent doctors join price transparency movement
They are showing hospitals how it’s done.
Beyond urgent care: Why virtual second opinions are telehealth’s next value differentiator
Where is telehealth headed after the COVID-19 pandemic — and how can we optimize its value?
Are you prepared for inflation?
How physicians can protect our financial security.
Do you like being called a provider?
While the term has long been used to designate entities which could receive Medicare reimbursement, it could offend dedicated health professionals.
If hospitals want to cut readmission rates, do a better job teaching patients about self-care
A fundamental reason why hospitals consistently fall short on readmissions is a failure to empower and educate patients.
Moral distress, physician wellness and bioethics training: What the COVID-19 pandemic tells us about the future
One lesson is that moral distress and ethical challenges may be more frequent and impactful in medical care than previously realized.
How to help a physician colleague in distress
What can we do to prevent devastating outcomes?
How I Changed My Career and Transformed My Life by Acquiring a Concierge Practice
My route to becoming a concierge physician wasn't traditional.
Acquiring a Membership Practice: My Rapid Journey from Employed Physician to Thriving, Independent and Joyful Concierge Doctor
I was stuck and seeking a way out.
Match Day 2021 brings uncertain future for many graduating medical students
We talked to young physicians about the stress of the match.
The key to interoperability: safe, secure access to patient health data
Interoperability is only as secure as the weakest link in the information exchange chain.
Tackling Physician Burnout During a Pandemic
By optimizing technology as part of a wider strategy, practices can help physicians better manage their day-to-day.
We must use the vaccination infrastructure we already have
Pharmacy and Primary Care have been dramatically under-allocated COVID-19 vaccinations when compared to influenza distribution and administration.
Improving telehealth means addressing inequality in healthcare
As telehealth expands, it’s imperative that the industry address existing discrimination and inequality in healthcare instead of contributing to the problem.