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JULY / AUGUST 2011

Articles

Medicare Annual Wellness Visits Made Easier

Cynthia Hughes

A systematic approach will help prevent these visits from overwhelming your practice.

Structure and Synchronicity for Better Charting

BRIAN CROWNOVER

Two key characteristics will help you to ensure that your notes communicate not only what you did, but also what you were thinking.

“Why Did Your Productivity Decrease When We Hired You?”

DONNA G. IZOR

Before making the leap from private practice to employed practice, consider how the new arrangement will affect your productivity and your bottom line.

The 2011 EHR User Satisfaction Survey: Responses From 2,719 Family Physicians

ROBERT L. EDSALL, KENNETH G. ADLER

If you're shopping for an EHR system, you might appreciate this advice from several hundred colleagues.

From the Editor

The Perils of Employment

Robert Edsall

Make sure you're not just jumping from the fire into the frying pan.

Letters

Coding & Documentation

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Cindy Hughes

Venipuncture | Six-minute walk test | Autism screening | Spirometry

Practice Pearls

PRACTICE PEARLS

Kent J. Moore, John A. Clay

Obtaining compensation and coding data | Eliminate stethoscope background noise

The Last Word

Five Signs You May Have Joined the Wrong Practice

K.M. Rodney Arnold

If you see these warning signs, run – don't walk – away from the practice.

Resources

CME Quiz (AAFP members and print subscribers only)

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