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Medical Economics 

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Practice Management

How self-ownership can empower physician leadership - May 17th 2024​​

Physicians say AI documentation is winning them over - March 28th 2024

Opening a new practice- December 19th 2023

This radical approach to patient flow could revitalize your practice - February 11th 2022

EHR outages and patient safety: Protecting yourself from liability - October 13th 2021

Always running late? This simple tip can change a physician's life - February 12th 2020

How to create your own practice manual - February 10th 2020

Helping patients with brand name drug costs - June 13, 2019​

Benefits of in-house medication dispensing - May 8, 2019​

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Employed Practice

Top 5 ways organizations can retain great physicians - November 3rd 2023​

5 ways to get the best physician employment contract - August 28th 2023​

Coronavirus pandemic demonstrates disconnect between executives and doctors -

May 11th 2020

Who do patients really need: physicians or administrators? - August 22, 2018

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Direct Care

Opting out of Medicare: A guide for direct care practices - December 21st 2022

Logistics and marketing your direct care practice - October 17th 2022​

Opening your business as a direct care practice - October 12th 2022

Opening a direct care practice: calculating patient volume and fee structure - July 29th 2022

Direct care financial realities: What you need to know about income and overhead - June 1st 2022

Getting started with Direct Care: Designing your dream practice - April 18th 2022

Considering a direct care practice - March 31st 2022

Direct care model eliminates many sources of physician stress - March 3rd 2021

Direct care practices perfectly positioned to help patients during coronavirus outbreak

March 30th 2020

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MOC/ Board Certification

Physicians Taking Back Medicine: Is MOC contributing to the physician shortage? - June 26th 2025

Does board certification really matter? - September 30th 2020​​

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Physician Wellness

Physicians Taking Back Medicine: 'The Pitt' brings attention to physician wellness - May 28th 2025

Doctors need love, too - April 9th 2024​​

Healing the healer: What you need to know about the Physician Support Line - May 30th 2023

How to recognize and help a physician colleague in emotional distress - February 24th 2023

The cure for the jaded physician - February 2nd 2022

Physician wellness after COVID-19: Steps to get back to normalcy - August 30th 2021

How to help a physician colleague in distress - May 3rd 2021

COVID-19 pandemic leads physicians to new hobbies - January 8th 2021

July is the time to show support for our newest colleagues - July 16th 2020

Strategies for coping with physician depression during COVID-19 - June 1st 2020

The 5 Elements of Physician Self-Care November 6th 2019

5 ways to improve physician mental health - November 18, 2017

The problem of martyrdom in medicine - February 04, 2017

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Scope of Practice/ Physician-Led Care

Physicians Taking Back Medicine: Is there an emergency physician in the house? - April 3rd 2025​

CDC considers allowing nonphysicians to read complex chest x-rays: What could go wrong? -March 7th 2025

Nurse practitioner report calls for urgent change to NP education to protect patient safety -

March 8th 2024

First study of impact of NPs, PAs on emergency medicine physician trainees cause for concern

July 5th 2023

The missing variable: The effect of physician replacements on healthcare spending -

August 3rd 2021

Physician replacements affecting vulnerable patient populations - May 9, 2018

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Psychology Tools

Use empathy and validation to defuse patient anger - March 21st 2023

Setting boundaries: How to say no — and when to say yes - November 18th 2021

Coping with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy - September 7th 2021

Overcome your bias blind spots to better help patients - August 8th 2020

A good New Year’s Resolution for physicians: Create a bullet journal - January 20th 2020

Can acting classes help physicians learn to show empathy? - February 25, 2019

Use psychology to defuse emotionally charged situations - December 18, 2018

Use psychology to improve patient satisfaction - October 25, 2018

Use psychology to manage negative patient reviews - September 25, 2018

Doctors and patients can benefit from motivational psychology - July 5, 2018

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Policy and Legislation

Will Feds put final nail in coffin of physician-led primary care? - February 15th 2024

Match Day 2023 a reminder of the real cause of the physician shortage: not enough residency positions - March 15th 2023

Match Day 2021 brings uncertain future for many graduating medical students - April 14th 2021

Physicians highly accepting of COVID-19 vaccine - February 9th 2021

Lawmakers make it difficult for physicians to practice medicine - September 25th 2020

Physicians and patients working together can make a difference - March 20, 2019

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Women in Medicine

Building support and allyship for women physicians: We need your help! - February 11th 2025​

Financial advice that female physicians would give their younger selves - March 30th 2023

6 ways physicians can close the gender pay gap - February 2nd 2021​

Physician fertility: To be or not to be child free? - January 13th 2025​

Managing the psychological strain of physician infertility - December 9th 2024​​

Facing the challenge of physician infertility - September 12th 2024​

The surprising facts about physician infertility - June 3rd 2024

How physicians can respond to workplace sexism - October 07, 2017

​Top 7 reasons women doctors need prenups - July 08, 2017

​Marriage, children cause more burnout for female physicians - April 15, 2017

Why do women physicians experience burnout more than men? - February 18, 2017​​​​​

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