Practice Management

The newly released “Guidance to the Guidelines” are an effort by expert groups to improve nationwide diagnosis and treatment of the condition.

Research examines family doctors’ attitudes on team efficiency, home time in electronic health records, and burnout.

New research has identified a possible predictor of cardiovascular health and a health disparity in socioeconomically disadvantaged first-time mothers.

These words and phrases that should never be said to patients, and what to say instead, were covered in a recent Mayo Clinic paper.

Jay W. Lee, MD, MPH, FAAFP, explains the CDC's recently updated recommendations for COVID-19 and pneumococcal vaccinations and explains how to best handle patient concerns and misinformation.

Jay W. Lee, MD, MPH, FAAFP, explains the importance of consistency and maintaining a relationship with a patient over time.

Jay W. Lee, MD, MPH, FAAFP, advises family physicians to continue offering vaccines, explaining the benefits compared to alternatives.

Jay W. Lee, MD, MPH, FAAFP, shares how physicians should properly approach patient concerns regarding vaccines.

Jay W. Lee, MD, MPH, FAAFP, explains how physicians should approach the vaccine conversation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jay W. Lee, MD, MPH, FAAFP, talks about appropriate and effective ways of initiating the vaccine conversation during respiratory illness season.

‘We are in a new phase of growth,’ CEO says, as clinicians take to voice-enabled artificial intelligence.

Who should coordinate care transitions? The doctors with the best picture of care through touchpoints with patients and their families.

Jay W. Lee, MD, MPH, FAAFP, discusses the CDC's latest guidelines regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and expanded recommendations for pneumococcal vaccines.

A recently published commentary calls for traumatic brain injury to be classified alongside diabetes, asthma, depression and heart failure.

A patient-centered approach requires prioritizing affordability and accessibility and yields improved cash flow and patient care access.

Researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia found racial and childhood opportunity-based disparities in treatment path for pediatric concussions.

Patients agree that clinicians should know social determinants of health data, but barriers surrounding clinician-patient relationships and the data collection process make the exchange of information difficult.

The guideline offers new recommendations for the prescription of opioids for children and adolescents with symptoms of acute pain.

Are retail giants still a threat to the primary care practice?

A new report determined the importance of communication in patients’ outcomes and emotional states.

When primary care practices are being strangled by market forces beyond their control, the fastest way to counter those forces is to quickly generate more revenue.

Two experts discuss The Physicians Foundation and its efforts to affect the factors that affect health outside the doctor's office.

Study suggests a way to use EHRs to develop relationship before patients arrive for an exam.

Study reveals disproportionate struggles for women in prime working and childbearing years

The approach offers bilingual support, mailed outreach, and no-cost screening.