MAY 1999

Here are quick ways to evaluate and refine your communication style to better suit your patients' needs.

In QI, enacting a positive change within your practice isn't the end. You must continue moving forward.

Your clinical practice has planted the seeds of leadership skills, but they need intensive cultivation to flourish.

Managed care has pushed physicians into new practice arrangements, but none is positioned for success like the physician-owned group.

This group thrives by keeping doctors in control and by putting the interests of primary care physicians first.

Following these ‘commandments’ leads doctors along a path of humility, commitment to the group — and success.

One aphorism we have heard frequently from practice integration consultants over the past few years is, “The magic is not in the model.” That is, there is no “best” integration model: The fact that, say, a physician-hospital organization (PHO) down the road is going great guns…

Flying Solo

Take preventive steps now if you don't want your practice to catch the Y2K bug in its interactions with Medicare.

They can help you code for your services more accurately and get paid for the work you really perform.

HCFA's Y2K hotline now available | OIG finds providers lagging in Y2K preparation | AHCPR announces new prevention topics | How salaried physicians are being paid | Charity care suffers in managed care | QI brings improvements in Medicare | Microchip enables precise drug…

Endurance | Malpractice | Diets | Electronic data

To harness the best ideas for improvement and to help build support for them, let everyone's voice be heard.

Its ease of use and flexibility make it a helpful tool for managing information from the most mundane to the most complex.

The Internet and World Wide Web are great resources for doing literature searches, accessing evidence-based guidelines and communicating with your patients. But are these tools ready for the exam room?

FPs and productivity | ADA's effect on solo practice | Optimal practice size | Supervising MLPs

These techniques will turn your mountain of work into a manageable molehill.