March/April 2018
Volume 33, Issue 5
This article reviews why volume will no longer be the motivation for the payment model in the very near future.
This article offers suggestions on how to get a handle on seeing patients in a timely fashion.
This article presents some of the challenges and solutions specific to communicating safely with and between healthcare providers, patients, and staff in the healthcare arena.
In the midst of a national opiate epidemic and public health crisis for treatment resources and options, telehealth and telemedicine—arguably the fastest growing area of healthcare—have not been fully leveraged to aid those suffering from addiction.
This article delves into what practices need to know to successfully manage their online reputation and grow their business.
This article reviews the benefits of succession planning in both healthcare and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) to draw conclusions about the benefits for physician practices. Based on those conclusions, it then outlines a four-step process that m...
This article provides guidance for physicians and practice managers who are seeking new malpractice coverage and those evaluating the adequacy of their existing coverage.
The classic domains of educational objectives take into consideration the student’s “whole being” by including cognitive goals, affective goals and conative goals. Training programs throughout your practice will become more effective if you deliberat...
Although strictly regulated in most states to ensure high quality patient care, office surgery accreditation can be attained by adhering to the state and agency standards with respect to personnel, equipment, medications, and sterilization protocols.
Renewing prescriptions has presented a major burden for primary care practices and may involve several staff members. To decrease the number of duplicated faxes, improve the efficiency of the medication renewal process, and improve staff satisfaction...
This article briefly reviews the literature on integrating pharmacy services into PCMH and applies the authors’ 35 years of experience in integrated behavioral health to outline common pitfalls and suggested solutions for integrated clinical pharmacy...
We report a real-life example of the benefits resulting from the use of emergency manuals to treat severe bronchospasm.
Although the terms coach and manage sometimes are used interchangeably, they are, in fact, very different from one another. This article explores that difference and argues that coaching is the best approach to take when medical practice managers...
To meet the challenges of the next decade, athletic trainers can actively engage in physician practice settings enhancing patient throughput and satisfaction in orthopedic, sports medicine and primary care practices across urban, suburban and rural s...