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10 of the Best (and 5 of the Worst) Hospitals

Going to a great hospital can make all the difference when you need care. This list makes it easy to see how your local hospital stacks up.

10 Horrifying Things Doctors Don't Tell You

As a modern culture, we tend to put our faith wholeheartedly in doctors. They're the experts, and more often than not we take their advice without question

Are physical examinations by family doctors still needed?

Are you wondering if an annual or regular physical examination is still necessary? A new study reveals that it’s an integral part of relationship-centered care and detection of diseases early on.

9 Health Rules That Doctors Never Break

Top doctors share the best health tips and health advice they themselves follow to prevent skin cancer and breast cancer, reduce back pain, prevent stress and more.

Can You Naturally Remove Skin Tags?

Skin tags start off small and fairly insignificant but they can quickly grow and become a problem both because of their appearance and the fact that they can get in the way.<br>The good news about skin tags is that they are harmless and benign - made up of fibrous connective tissues. Find out more about getting rid of them...

How limiting women's access to birth control and abortions hurts the economy

Reproductive health isn’t just about abortions, despite all the attention they get. It’s also about access to family planning services, contraception, sex education and much else. Such access lets women control the timing and size of their families so they have children when they are financially secure and emotionally ready and can finish their education and advance in the workplace. After all, having children is expensive, costing US$9,000 to $25,000 a year. And that’s why …

Four Metrics to Measure Patient Access at Physician Practices

Use these four metrics to evaluate patient access at your physician practices.

Why Would Anyone Choose Family Medicine?

Throughout medical school and especially during our clinical rotations, students are often told to keep an open mind about choosing a specialty. This is sound advice, especially since many people change their minds once they are exposed to other fields. However, that does not mean that all specialties are perceived as equal -- even in a primary-care focused medical school, third-year medical students often run into…

After the “Doc Fix”: Implications of Medicare Physician... : Academic Medicine

reates strong reasons for various teaching clinical services to participate in APMs, not only for Medicare patients but for other public and private payers as well. Unfortunately, different APMs may be more or less applicable to the diverse teaching physician roles, academic clinical programs, and patient populations served by medical schools and teaching hospitals. Therefore, this time of transition will complicate the work of academic clinical…

Barton Associates: Who Is Choosing to Work in Family Medicine?

For the first time in years, primary care is beginning to draw more young talent. Who is choosing to make the switch? And why are they doing

When you love family medicine, but you're worried about debt

Three doctors share creative ways physicians can pursue this specialty while making fiscally smart choices.

Can Solo Physician Practice Survive?

I can remember walking to elementary school and passing several solo doctor offices with a shingle hanging on a post in the front. They were usually modest offices in the ground floor of another residential building or store front and they served as a convenient community resource. Most were solo g

Who physician practices can turn to for expert help

CPAs, management consultants, lawyers – tapping into the right expert help.

Physician Practices Look for Options as Costs Rise

The future of physician practices looks healthy but nothing like it did a generation ago.

MSOs — Important Again for Physician Practices

Management service organizations have been around for a while providing management to physician practices, ranging from billing and collection to complete turnkey operations. In this regard, they h…

Is family medicine residency too short and too urban?

A man with chest pains arrives at a small town family medicine clinic seeking help for a heart attack. Based on an assessment and the results of inv...

Family medicine or internal medicine doctor?

Determining Reasonable Compensation in Physician Practices

Determining the "reasonable" or "replacement" compensation while valuating a business is key, specifically for medical and physician practices.

Hot Topics: When Hospitals Buy Physician Practices

What's the current picture as regards hospitals buying physician practices? We asked that question of two experts who said the trend is causing problems with 'price fixing' and noted physicians should