Practice Management

The medical profession is all about patient care, and Charles DeCook, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Cumming, Ga.-based Arthritis & Total Joint Specialists, is committed to its continuous improvement. He possesses a passion for teaching and has been instrumental in…

A recent The Doctors Company report found electronic health records may increase practices' medical errors and malpractice liability, according to North Bay Business Journal.

A $12.4 million University of Texas System Clinical Data Network will establish integration between six UT health centers, according to Healthcare Informatics.

The United States will likely see a physician shortage of between 61,700 physicians and 94,700 physicians over the next 10 years, according to Endocrinology Advisor.

A Medscape Medical News Survey found almost 33 percent of physicians in small practices predict CMS' Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 will result in small practices merging into larger groups.

Retained surgical sponges are a prevalent and often costly error, with the average malpractice lawsuit totaling $600,000.1 Due to the scope of the problem and its costly repercussions, Stryker decided to bring awareness to the issue and interviewed hundreds of…

Since 2007, California physicians have paid $17 million in fines for preventable medical errors, but these fines aren't curbing the number of medical errors, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

CMS released Open Payments data for 2015.

Thomas H. Lee, MD, of Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital, spoke on patient loyalty during the Healthcare Financial Management Association's 2016 National Institute in Las Vegas, according to Physician's Money Digest.

Medical Tracking Solutions, developer of the iTraycer platform for medical device companies, added New Era Orthopaedics as a client.