Practice Management
Strategies to Cut Medication Costs
Buying larger quantities of drugs and decreasing drug waste are among the options that can help practices adjust to the rising price of pharmaceuticals.
Online Consumer Ratings of Physicians Tend to Be Skewed
Ratings also differ significantly by specialty group.
Boosting Revenue by Seeing More—or Fewer—Patients
Medical practices have a variety of strategies they can employ to boost revenue.
Saturday Is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Unused medications can be dropped off at local collection sites between 10 am and 2 pm.
Medicare Requiring Hospitals to Post Prices Online
Medicare would base part of a hospital's payments on how easy it is for patients to access medical records
Clinical Pharmacists Are an Option for Chronic Disease Management
Clinical pharmacists help manage complex patients because they look at medications with a different eye than a doctor.
Patients Prefer Doctors Who Engage in Face-to-Face Visits
Patients perceive F2F physicians as more compassionate and better communicators.
EHR Usability Contributes to Possible Patient Harm Events
Usability challenges mainly occur during order placement and medication administration
Put Yourself in Your Patients' Shoes
Patients want to be listened to and well informed about the care they will receive.
Top Patient Concerns About Physicians
Concerns relate to time with physicians; technology detracting from patient care; rising costs
Hiring Scribes, Delegating Tasks Can Help Ward Off Burnout
Among other factors, electronic medical records may be contributing to physician dissatisfaction because it leads to decreased face-to-face time with patients.
Managing Difficult Patient Encounters
Practices need to create protocols for dealing with office triggers, such as patient or provider lateness to an appointment, that may contribute to difficult patient interactions.
CROWNWeb Reporting Gets Up to Speed With Implementation of Dashboard
The CROWNWeb dashboard improves users' ability to submit required data in a timely manner.
Women Working the Night Shift Have Higher Risks of Some Cancers
Dose-response pattern seen, with increased risk of breast cancer for every five years of night shift work.
Why Physicians Are Delaying Retirement
Many older physicians feel that they are providing a useful service, desire part-time or occasional work.
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