July/August 2013

Features

Personal Issues to Consider Before Leaving Independent Practice

J. LeBron McBride

Easing Into Your New Practice After Residency: Tips for Success

Dale J. Block

Optimizing the Role of Nursing Staff to Enhance Physician Productivity: One Physician's Journey

Rodney J. Anderson

Do You Know What Is (or Isn't) in Your Documentation?

Brenda Edwards

Departments

From the Editor

Making Sense of the Trend Toward Hospital Employment
Kenneth G. Adler

Opinion

Advancing Multidisciplinary Team Care
Elizabeth Joy

Letters

• Quiet Space is Needed for Thinking

• Respect Each Other

Practice Pearls

• Cutting Costs by Cutting Swabs • Tetanus Shot? The Phone's for You • "A" Is for Asthma • Dealing With Patient Records Lost in a Fire

Coding & Documentation

• Billing for Forms Completion • Visual Acuity Testing for Children • Time Thresholds for Preventive Counseling • Home Sleep Monitoring • Annual Wellness Visits Providers

The Last Word

HITIOS: Why Cynicism Is Helpful When Working With Health IT
Bobby J. Newbell

About the CME Quiz

AAFP members and FPM subscribers can take the CME quiz online at http://www.aafp.org/fpmquiz.

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