Articles
A Practical Approach to Screening for Social Determinants of Health
Screening patients to understand their social context is the gateway to addressing barriers and improving health.
Developing Standing Orders to Help Your Team Work to the Highest Level
Use this seven-step plan to create protocols that improve efficiency and reduce physician workloads.
It's Not Hard to Be Humble: The Role of Humility in Leadership
Here's how to keep ego from getting in the way of effective teamwork.
Deprescribing Unnecessary Medications: A Four-Part Process
With too many patients taking too many unnecessary medications, deprescribing has become a required skill for primary care physicians. Here's how to go about it.
From the Editor
Screening for Social Determinants of Health: An Opportunity or Unreasonable Burden?
Socioeconomic and environmental factors are the largest contributors to patient health, so is it our duty to address them?
Opinion
What Needs to Change to Make Deprescribing Doable
Polypharmacy constitutes a real patient-safety issue. Recognizing that is the first step toward change.
SPPACES: Medical App Reviews
Five Mobile Apps for Mindfulness
Recommend these apps for patients interested in incorporating mindfulness into their care plan.
Coding & Documentation
CODING & DOCUMENTATION
ICD-10 CODING FOR HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES | PHYSICIAN CERTIFICATION OF DIABETIC SHOES | UMBILICAL CAUTERIZATION
Practice Pearls
PRACTICE PEARLS
IMPROVE YOUR SPIEL ABOUT UNNECESSARY ANTIBIOTICS | MANAGE YOUR ONLINE RATINGS | EASE THE SWITCH TO A NEW EHR SYSTEM | MAKE STAFF MORE AWARE OF DATA SECURITY
The Last Word
How to Be Happy in Practice for 30-Plus Years
These eight lessons can help you avoid burnout and enjoy medicine.
Funded Educational Content
Making Sense of MACRA: Questions to Ask Your Employer
Find out how your practice's Quality Payment Program strategy will impact you.