For healthcare organizations, lack of case manager peer support and staff buy-in are the greatest challenges when embedding a case manager, according to "2013 Healthcare Benchmarks: Case Management," released by Healthcare Intelligence Network.
Practice Management
In a Physicians Practice article, Lucien W. Roberts, a Virginia-based consultant, lays out six questions for providers to ask their clearinghouses as they prepare for the ICD-10 transition.
Sixty-seven percent of New England Journal of Medicine readers, most of whom are physicians, agreed that physician-assisted suicide should not be permitted, according to a poll conducted by the journal.
In an American Association of Orthopaedic Executives brief, Janice Keller, a practice management consultant, discusses four steps for finding and integrating the right employee for the job into a medical practice.
In a Medscape Business of Medicine report, Shelly Reese, a freelance writer, discusses the causes of dysfunction in the workplace.
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Most physicians are confident that their practice will be able to make a transition to ICD-10, according to the "2013 Physician Sentiment Index," by Epocrates and athenahealth.
In a Physicians Practice article, Aubrey Westgate, discusses four ways in which participating in an accountable care organization will change a physician's practice.
In a Physicians Practice article, Tom Giannulli, MD, chief medical information officer at Kareo, discusses five ways in which physicians can get the most out of their mobile devices.
In a Physicians Practice article, Greg Mertz, MBA, discusses four areas at medical practices that need attention to survive the ongoing changes taking place in the healthcare industry.
Most of Merritt Hawkins' search assignments in 2012-13 came from hospitals looking to hire, according to "2013 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives," by Merritt Hawkins, a physician search and consulting firm.