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The 2019 Medical Economics Physician Writing Contest Official Rules

This year's topic is "How I became a better doctor"

Physicians are the doers of healthcare, and its time for them to take back control of medicine

Our readers speak out on recent articles.

Doctors are being encouraged to seize the entrepreneurial moment as a new breed of tech founders with innovative solutions

Patient privacy is dealt with in different ways by different doctors.

Why independence is not a thing of the past. Rather, it is the future of medicine.

What patients really think of your waiting room.

https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/affordable-care-act/Our readers respond to recent articles.

Our readers respond to recent articles.

A proposed rule to limit rebates paid by drug companies to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) could negatively impact physicians, payers and patients.

Physicians spend their lives analyzing problems-so why not translate those skills to developing doctor-friendly technology solutions?

A view from the trenches.

The operative word being extreme. 

If your practice gives patients pricing information, you’ll be one of the few offering that information-which will separate you from the competition.

In-house medication dispensing can save patients money and improve medication adherence

Our latest Funny Bone cartoon 

Technology can serve a higher purpose in healthcare by enabling clinicians to easily communicate and share information without having to taking time away from patient care.

A recently retired physician reflects on his last patient and the healthcare system.

The answer to getting more affordable care and better results does not lie in paying doctors less. It lies in paying administrators less, and having a lot fewer of them.

If the choice of personal medical care offered by small practices is to be preserved, the rules of the game must change.

Many Americans still need help digesting information about heart disease and understanding their personal risk.

Don’t let the stress of inadequate preparation tarnish the first time your new colleagues see you in action.

There are concerns that could swallow up the direct primary care movement and shunt it from being a potential salvation for our system to a flash in the pan.

Primary care physicians are trapped in a non-sustainable business model.

A small group of independent physicians challenged a powerful hospital organization, and against all odds, won the day.

An analogy to help lawyer politicians understand healthcare and its financing

The patients’ needs cannot always win-and often don’t.

Try this.