Practice Management

Here are nine issues that will affect physicians in the upcoming year, according to the American Medical Association:

Rockville, Md.-based Shady Grove Orthopaedics is moving its Rockville location to a new office.

In recent surveys conducted by WebMD and Medscape, researchers looked at several issues involving opioids, including opioid prescribing practices, use and disposal of the medicines and beliefs and awareness surrounding misuse and addiction.

2016, an election year, is upon us and healthcare business is set to face an uncertain year, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.

Patient-reported outcomes are any report of the status of a patient’s health condition that comes directly from the patient, without interpretation of the patient’s response by a clinician or anyone else, according to the National Quality Forum.

Back Pain Centers of America has added Phoenix-based Desert Institute for Spine Care.

A study found patients who pay higher out-of-pocket costs are substantially more likely to choose email and other online patient engagement methods over an office visit to contact physicians about health concerns, according to Health IT Analytics.

In 2015, 56 percent of employed physicians had previously been in private practice, according to a survey by Jackson Healthcare.

Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush is now offering a physician rating system that is available to the public on the MOR website.

A Kaiser Permanente study found a third of patients with chronic conditions who communicated with their physicians via email said email enhanced their overall health, according to News-Medical.