Practice Management

The emphasis on physician relationships with industry, particularly pharmaceutical and device companies, can make physicians weary of any relationship with vendors.

An American Academy of Pediatrics' fellows survey report found a striking increase in the number of parents refusing to vaccinate their children between 2006 and 2013, according to Medscape.

The Less Exposure Surgery Society hosted its first annual business symposium meeting earlier this month in Key Largo, Fla. The meeting brought surgeons together to discuss the development of new surgery techniques and technologies.

Michael Boyle, MD, a regional director of ECI Healthcare Partners, discusses his experiences with emergency medicine and urgent care.

Tackling patient wait times will positively impact patient satisfaction, benefiting an organization in a value-based environment, according to Diagnostic Imaging.

Vaughn Kauffman, principal at Health Industry Practice Leader, PwC, shared his thoughts on the patient experience and its importance as healthcare moves towards the future, Forbes reports. 

Practices that take a team-based care approach to treatment are seeing higher quality of care numbers, lower rates of acute care use and lower actual payments, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. 

Worldwide information technology revenues are projected to grow substantially through 2020, according to a Worldwide Semiannual IT Spending Guide: Vertical and Company Size report.

Expert Network Distinguished Doctor named pain management physician Amit Mehta, MD, to its list of Distinguished Doctors.

Here are the top ways physicians use EHRs according to the Medscape EHR Report 2016: Physicians Rate Top EHRs.