Business of Medicine
Hitting a Nerve
Horse hockey notwithstanding
Sometimes I look at my younger self, and wonder what I’d really say to him if we actually met.
Managing Your Practice
EHR: A progress report
EHRs will inevitably be a part of most of our lives. And for those who take the time to do it right, it will ultimately be an improvement.
Hitting a Nerve
The doctor circuit
We all come to medicine with varying degrees of curiosity and analytical ability, and once those are refined by experience they don’t shut down....
Feature
Flashy, blingy doc sabotages his own malpractice trial in rural farm town
“When it comes to damages in a case, you don’t want to be sending the message that supports what somebody’s bias may already be telling them about...
From the Journals
Parent training pays off for children with autism
A meta-analysis found benefits regardless of variables such as the child’s age and relationship to the caregiver.
Commentary
Five contract red flags every physician should know
The inclusion of a probationary period (usually 90 days) is offensive to a candidate, especially one with a choice of contracts.
Hitting a Nerve
Muscling through the data
Sometimes no amount of solid data will change the mind of someone who’s already made theirs up.
Feature
How do you live with COVID? One doctor’s personal experience
Early in 2020, Anne Peters, MD, caught COVID-19. The author of Medscape’s “Peters on Diabetes” column was sick in March 2020 before state-mandated...
Hitting a Nerve
Kicking the can
Our current politicians favor a strategy of postponing Medicare reform and hoping that the next congress can fix it.
Latest News
Infographic: Is physician behavior on social media really so bad?
It’s not as egregious as you might think.
Hitting a Nerve
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