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MAY / JUNE 2020

Articles

Operationalizing Virtual Visits During a Public Health Emergency

VINITA MAGOON

Providing options for remote access to care can keep your practice running and your patients healthy when an infectious disease outbreak prevents you from seeing them in person.

Protecting Family Well-Being Through Social Connectivity and Time Management

CATHERINE FLORIO PIPAS

Families are a physician's core source of support. Making time to nurture family connections is crucial to keeping that support system strong.

Implementing Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Primary Care Practice

IAN M. KRONISH, CINDY HUGHES, KRISTAL QUISPE, ANTHONY J. VIERA

In-office blood pressure readings are often inaccurate or insufficient. Here's a way to get a better picture of how your patients are doing and get paid for it.

A Physician's Guide to Navigating a Bureaucracy

DIKE DRUMMOND

To get what you need to create a more ideal practice, you must learn to navigate the bureaucracy of your organization. Here's how.

From the Editor

Managing a Telephone Encounter: Five Tips for Effective Communication

Sarina Schrager

Doctoring by phone is a skill I never thought I'd have to learn.

Coding & Documentation

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CINDY HUGHES

MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS | REPORTING MULTIPLE MANAGEMENT SERVICES | TRANSFERRING PAPER NOTES TO THE MEDICAL RECORD

Practice Pearls

PRACTICE PEARLS

James Dom Dera, Jesse Bracamonte, Augustine Chavez, Ku-Lang Chang

CHECK FOR COVID-19 UPDATES ON HOME ISOLATION AND WORK NOTES | ASK PATIENTS TO SUBMIT VITALS BEFORE TELEHEALTH | ADAPT YOUR DOCUMENTATION SETUP FOR TELEHEALTH

The Last Word

Learning to Lead in Uncertain Times: Seven Tips

HITEN PATEL

As a physician leader, you can help provide clarity, calm, and cohesion.

Resources

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