MARCH 2000

You can improve the quality of your communication and decrease malpractice risk with this revised version of SOAP.

Before jumping into a new venture, make sure you have a strong, focused plan for the future.

This community-supported practice meets the needs of both the community and the physicians serving it.

The best thing you can do for your patients with chronic diseases is to let them run with the ball.

The treatment works just fine. It's the patient who screws it up. This kind of thinking has clouded our minds, probably for centuries. And it has clouded everybody's minds — physicians and patients alike. It has led physicians to think they have efficacious treatment modalities…

These ideas will help you reduce delays and cope with the period before the credentials arrive.

Drug screens | Coding pelvic exams | Suture removal | Preventive medicine | ICD-9 code for a strained trapezius muscle

Informed choice rare in health care | Better-performing groups pay more, generate more | Quality doesn't ensure profitability for HMOs | Physicians influenced by pharmaceutical perks | Quality of care varies widely among Medicaid health plans | More patients to shop online for…

Preventive care doesn't have to wait until the next health maintenance exam. Illness visits are a prime opportunity.

Caring for family | Making it | HealthTrends

RVUs and established patient visits | Treating family members | Unlawful restraint of trade?

The new hand-held planning devices are cool, but an old-fashioned paper planner may keep you just as well organized.