Nov-Dec 2004
Features
Why It's Time to Purchase an Electronic Health Record System
Negotiating Your Semi-Retirement Package
What Motivates Staff?
Five Ways to Retain Good Staff
Do You Have the Right Malpractice Insurance Policy?
Departments
Editor's Page
A Gift for Our Peer Reviewers: CME Credit
Robert L. Edsall
Editorial
Spoofing Spurious Science
Thomas L. Horton
Getting Paid
Navigating the Medicare Web Site
Kent J. Moore
Improving Patient Care
Estimating the Risks of Coronary Angioplasty
Mark H. Ebell
Balancing Act
Using Updates to Ease Your Workday and Your Mind
Pamela J. Vaccaro
Letters
Including Deaf Patients in the Conversation
Rational World a Better Environment for Physicians
Accentuating the Positive in Family Medicine
Creating the Lifestyle You Want
Put Yourself in Patients' Shoes
"Listen" Article Inspires Med Student
Coding & Documentation
A Limit to 99214? When Someone Else Discharges Your Hospitalized Patient Coding a Flu Shot Coding for a Delivery by the Resident Same-day E/M & Circumcision Coding Assessment and CPR Observation to Inpatient Status Coding for Sports Event Coverage ICD-9 Code for Hearing Loss Maintenance of a PICC Line
Monitor
AAFP Congress Moves to Create Political Action Committee, Approves Other Resolutions Administrative Tasks Cost Practices Thousands What Patients Want Make Sure Patients Are Ready for the Doctor
Ask FPM
Starting a Practice in a Health Professional Shortage Area Dictation Reminders Medicare Teaching Rules
Practice Diary
Horses vs. Zebras VI A Missed Appointment
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