Practice Management

Physicians will face ethical dilemmas in the course of practicing medicine, finding themselves in areas that are more gray than black and white. Here are four top ethical issues in medicine and how physicians respond, according to Medscape's 2012 Ethics…

There are currently 2.7 million nurses working in healthcare, a number which is expected to rise by 26 percent over the next 10 years, according to a KevinMD.com report.

Research firm KLAS has recently released study on the most helpful electronic health vendors for practices with one to 10 physicians, according to a Medscape Medical News report.

In a Physicians Practice report, Judy Capko, a healthcare consultant and author, discusses five steps to take to ensure that your medical practice manager is meeting his or her goals consistently.

Pulse Systems, a Wichita, Kan.-based provider of electronic health records and revenue cycle software, recently announced Georgia Bone and Joint Surgeons selected its EHR and practice management software to replace a system previously used by the orthopedic practice.

In a Psychology Today report, Ronald E. Riggio, PhD, lays out seven necessary qualities of good team members.

In a Physicians Practice article, Ericka L. Adler, partner at the firm of Kamensky Rubinstein Hochman & Delott, discusses five additional steps medical practices should take to ensure HIPAA compliance.

Most physicians anticipate a decline in the quality of medicine over the next five years, according to the "2013 Physician Sentiment Index," by Epocrates and athenahealth.

In a Physicians Practice report, Aubrey Westgate discusses four ways for medical practices to reduce risk they may face as a result of the social media use of their physicians and staff.

A little more than 44 percent of physicians and nearly 56 percent of their employed partners experienced work-home conflict within the time frame of three weeks, according to a study published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.