Practice Management

Three elements of effective staff management that can lead to increased productivity and profitability and happier patients at your practice.

Which physicians spend the most time inputting patient data into electronic health records?

Automation can play a large role in your coding strategy.

A good onboarding program can be the difference between keeping a newly hired physician for the long term or having to start over again sooner than you would like

If you have a staff that is excited, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable when answering the telephone and ensuring that every patient has a positive experience with your practice, all your marketing efforts will be effective.

When possible, patients prefer to recover in their own beds instead of hospital beds, according to a new survey. National health care policy needs to catch up to patient need.

Expect patient care to suffer when physicians face a 2.8% decrease in reimbursement in 2025, even as regulators acknowledge practice costs are going up.

For any patient dealing with illness, whether acute or chronic, taking medications as directed is essential to achieving the best health outcomes.

Let’s continue to celebrate women’s advances in medicine, science, law and other fields. But we also must recognize that the shortage of men in health care professions is becoming a critical issue.

Social health is the key to closing the health literacy gap

Is an interest rate cut coming? Analysts consider jobless rate, other economic indicators.

By improving health outcomes and avoiding costly obesity-related complications, GLP-1s can significantly reduce the overall cost of health care.

As the American population ages and the need for health care grows, physicians aren’t the only clinicians in short supply. Here’s a report on the state of the medical workforce – and how doctors can help.

Obesity has long been treated as a lifestyle issue rather than a complex chronic disease.

Undermining access to biologics is not the answer.

Summer 2024 findings from the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

More investments in technology have not increased patient satisfaction

Our 95th annual Physician Report covers the latest data on practicing physicians, including salaries, practice financial health, productivity, malpractice rates, the state of the profession and more. Free registration required to view.

How one practice experimented with a new workflow

A conversation with Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH.

A conversation with Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH.

A conversation with Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH.

Why does childbirth in the United States make a woman two times more likely to be in medical debt? Here’s why alternative health plans could be a solution for maternal care and much more.

Growth has its risks, but approaching it with the right strategy can pay dividends over time.

A conversation with Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH.

A conversation with Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH.

A conversation with Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH.

A conversation with Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH.

It’s not who you think - report highlights shifts in U.S. labor force demographics

It is time for heath care to leverage technology and patient-focused strategies to alleviate the pressures on primary care physicians.