Articles
Practical Ways to Address Physician Burnout and Restore Joy in Practice
It starts with one simple principle: “Get rid of stupid stuff” in your practice. Here's how.
Bringing Behavioral Health Into Your Practice Through a Psychiatric Collaborative Care Program
Learn how to implement an integrated behavioral health program that will more than pay for itself while increasing patients' access to care.
Advance Care Planning: How to Have the Conversation You Want With Your Patients
More patients are receiving intensive care in their last days of life, even though studies show that most don't want it. Family physicians are uniquely positioned to make sure patients' wishes are recorded and respected.
The Right-Sized Patient Panel: A Practical Way to Make Adjustments for Acuity and Complexity
Do you have the right number of patients on your panel? Here's a process and a spreadsheet for calculating and adjusting your panel based on actual patient behavior.
From the Editor
A Jury of One's Peers
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Coding & Documentation
CODING & DOCUMENTATION
WORK RELATIVE VALUE UNITS | VACCINATION REFUSAL | MARIJUANA USE | LESION TREATMENT FOR NEW PATIENTS | PATIENT DISCHARGE WITHOUT SEEING PATIENT
Practice Pearls
PRACTICE PEARLS
LIVEN UP YOUR EXAM ROOMS | USE “NUDGES” TO ENCOURAGE BEHAVIOR CHANGE | BE PREPARED FOR LAST-MINUTE GYNECOLOGIC EXAMS
The Last Word
Taking the Fear Out of Error Disclosure
What if we could talk about medical mistakes without fear of judgment or punishment?