Articles
‘Work Smarter, Not Harder’ to Save Your Practice Money
When this family practice learned how to delegate, make wise use of technology and trim its staff, it gained $200,000 per year.
Electronic Paper & Pencil: Six Easy Steps to a Low-Cost Electronic Medical Record
If you know how to use modern word-processing software, you can create your own electronic medical records.
Coping With the Stress of Being Sued
Malpractice accusations can be emotionally devastating. Here's how to withstand the pressure.
From the Editor
Tech Shock and the Virtues of Incrementalism
You have heard it from any number of sources now, including the Institute of Medicine: Information technology is vital to the future of health care.1 And chances are very good that, some day in the bright, not-too-distant future, you will be part of a computer network/Internet…
Letters
Getting Paid
An Update on Certifying Home Health Care
Here's how to get paid for certifying and recertifying home health care for your Medicare patients.
Coding & Documentation
CODING & DOCUMENTATION
E/M code + procedure code? | “Incident to” billing | Normal newborn care | Lab results review, revisited
Monitor
MONITOR
Family practice match numbers drop again | HIPAA privacy rules take effect | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | Back to the basics | Great expectations | Nature and well-being | Health care…
Improving Patient Care
Putting Clinical Guidelines Into Practice
Do you and your colleagues provide care consistent with evidence-based clinical guidelines? Perhaps you just need a reminder.
Practice Diary
Computers
Using Your Palm-Top's Date Book as a Reminder System
Your PDA's date book isn't just a calendar. With a few simple steps, it can help you lose fewer patients to follow-up.
Ask FPM
ASK FPM
Charging for forms | Patient appointment software | Practice start-up resources | RVUs and compensation
Balancing Act
Spirituality and Your Practice
A renewed openness to spirituality is occurring in medicine. It can provide sustenance, both to you and to your patients.
