Practice Management

In a KevinMD blog post, Neil Baum, MD, a urologist at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans, discusses four lessons that physicians can learn from restaurants to improve patient satisfaction.

Most physicians believe that electronic health records somewhat improve patient care, according to the "2013 Physician Sentiment Index," by Epocrates and athenahealth.

When patients are more involved in their care they report better physician reviews, according to a report from American Medical News.

Here are the top 10 major drivers of healthcare costs as assessed by physicians in The Physicians Foundation's "A Survey of America's Physicians: Practice Patterns and Perspectives."

In an article for Health Affairs Blog, Brian Klepper and Paul Fischer argue that Congress should pass the Accuracy in Medicare Physician Payment Act.

The following 10 hospital and health system layoffs and workforce reductions were covered by Becker's Hospital Review in the last three weeks. They are listed below by the number of employees and/or positions affected.

Twenty-four percent of physicians report that they are the primary decision makers with regard to billing and administrative decisions at their practices, according to the "2013 Physician Sentiment Index," by Epocrates and athenahealth.

In a Medscape Today report, Ronald B. Sterling, president of Sterling Solutions, a company that guides medical practices in the use of technology, lays out three things medical practices should do with their electronic health record system in the coming…

In a Medscape Today report, Anne L. Finger, an independent writer, discusses five potential risks of becoming an employed physician.

Forty-two percent of physicians report that their practice is not participating in a pay-for-performance program, according to the "2013 Physician Sentiment Index," by Epocrates and athenahealth.