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Latest News
One in five Americans lacks usual source of care
More than 20% of Americans do not have a usual source for health care, such as local clinic or family practitioner, according to a recent brief. Read full article.Evidence used for clinical guidelines may be weak
Most clinical practice guidelines put out by the Infectious Diseases Society of America are based on weaker, expert opinion-based evidence rather than more robust, randomized trial-based evidence. Read full article.CDC report highlights important health disparities
Among Americans, disparities in income, race and ethnicity, gender, and other social attributes have an impact on whether an individual is healthy or ill. Read full article. |
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Survey
This month we would like to know...
Does your practice use social media (blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc) as a marketing tool?
Yes
No
We plan on using social media in 2011
December Web poll results...
Is your practice planning to hire new clinical or front office staff in the new year?
Clinical:
6%
Front office:
20%
No:
70%
Undecided:
4%
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Better-performing practices use benchmarking and patient surveys, study finds
According to a recent report from the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), better-performing medical practices use formal surveys to gauge patients’ satisfaction with their practices. More than 30% of these practices benchmark the results to other practices, and more than 60% educate physicians about behavior. In addition, better-performing practices spend more on information technology operating expenses and reported less bad debt to fee-for-service activity per full-time-equivalent (FTE) physician. Read full article. |
Good rapport with patients helps lessen lawsuit risk
When you spend a lot of time talking with patients in the office, you may wonder how you will finish all the work related to diagnosis and treatment on any given day, but many good reasons exist for these conversations. Read full article.
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Avoiding medical negligence claims
A former plaintiffs' attorney and physician explains why practicing defensive medicine doesn't work—and tells you what does. Read full article.
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