Practice Management

Registered nurses earn the highest salaries in the western region of the country, according to the Medscape Nurse Salary Report 2015.

More employers are offering health living/incentive programs, according to Employee Benefit News.

Peter Grinspoon, MD, wrote a memoir detailing his journey from opioid addiction to recovery, according to The Boston Globe.

Of the pool of physicians sued, here are the percentages who were sued while working in seven specific practice settings, according to Medscape Malpractice Report 2015: Why Most Doctors Get Sued.

Thanks to continuous mandates like Meaningful Use and other government regulations intended to keep patient information safe, healthcare organizations around the nation have slowly and steadily made the conversion to electronic health records. With more and more providers requiring EHR…

The Texas State Board of Pharmacy can now obtain pharmacy financial records, according to The Dallas Moring News.

Ninety percent of physicians have experienced physician burnout during their careers, based on a Studer Group analysis, according to Physician's Money Digest.

Paul Bolger, MD, reached a settlement to pay a $10,000 fine for prescribing pain medication to unfamiliar patients through the Internet, according to The Des Moines Register.

Although HIPAA was implemented to promote patient safety, many medical professionals believe it negatively impacts patient care, according to HCP Live.

The bundled payment model could improve care coordination between facilities, create more efficiencies and reduce hospital readmission rates, according to HealthPayer Intelligence.