Apr 28, 2022

Physicians’ salaries average significantly higher than the average American salary. While this certainly adds to the draw of becoming a physician, it also comes with the stipulation of belonging to ...

Apr 20, 2022

Physicians are charged with the tremendous responsibility of caring for patients. Within this dynamic, patients believe that physicians will act within the best interest of their health and will uphol...

Apr 14, 2022

Along with the tremendously high ethical and professional standards placed upon physicians comes the need to monitor physician adherence to medical board rules. Although physicians rarely require disc...

Apr 06, 2022

As of May 2021, the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) House of Delegates passed a resolution altering the meaning of the medical acronym PA from “physician assistant” to “physician...

Mar 30, 2022

Physicians face a number of challenges in their careers. One challenge for many physicians is how to manage finances. Ideally, physicians will both maximize the amount of earnings they maintain and kn...

Mar 23, 2022

A physician’s sworn duty is to care for all of their patients with the goal of alleviating suffering and preserving life. Yet, in rare instances, a patient-physician relationship turns toxic and ter...

Mar 16, 2022

Cannabis has become an increasingly popular source of pain management for medical ailments. With growing frequency, patients with breast cancer are turning to cannabis to help them cope with symptoms ...

Mar 09, 2022

Many physicians are acutely aware that although accidents are a natural element of human nature, even a slight, unintentional mistake could lead to a dire outcome that may include a medical malpractic...

Mar 03, 2022

Despite the many strides gained by the LGBTQ+ community, it still faces daily discrimination and harassment, including in the work environment. Within the medical profession, LGBTQ+ surgical residents...

Feb 23, 2022

In order to successfully navigate the ins and outs of necessities like insurance, technology solutions, and HIPAA compliance, medical practices benefit from establishing a solid growth plan. In the ab...

Feb 22, 2022

Q: I want to change EMR vendors but the current company is holding me up for big fees.  How is this legal, since the patient is one who really owns the records?  I couldn’t hang onto records to fo...

Feb 16, 2022

With each new year, revenue cycle management (RCM) grows increasingly challenging, prompting medical practices to look for more efficient methods that will optimize RCM processes. One such method has ...

Feb 15, 2022

Q: I’m a pediatrician and my wife is a software designer. We were talking about combining these to design games for kids with serious illnesses to help them understand their care. The problem is tha...

Feb 09, 2022

Although they rarely occur, wrong-site surgeries are incredibly stressful and damaging events. Wrong-site surgeries include those performed on the wrong body part, the wrong side of the body, or on th...

Feb 08, 2022

Q: The rule at our ASU is that a patient who received sedation should not drive after discharge, so patients are required to either have a ride or we will call a cab for them. They are instructed abou...

Jan 21, 2022

As of January 1 new Stark regulation clarifications are in effect, addressing the relationship between physicians and designated health services (DHS) like laboratory services, radiology services, and...

Jan 20, 2022

While most of us are now used to wearing face masks and social distancing, life during the pandemic has been more challenging for those who are hard of hearing. The WHO estimates that 466 million peop...

Jan 18, 2022

Depending on whom you ask, there are dozens of ways to classify stocks. They can be sorted according to the location of the company, projected growth, and whether their earnings tend to follow a cycli...

Jan 18, 2022

Female physicians continue to find that they receive lower compensation than their male counterparts, according to a 2021 Physician’s Compensation Report. Data from the report indicate that male pri...

Jan 11, 2022

To err is human. Doctors are human. Doctors will therefore err. …and doctors understand this. However, when doctors look at the law, they want to know why their mistakes are called “ne...