Practice Improvement

Dissatisfaction with electronic health records also tied to clinician turnover

New rules for attachments, benefits verification, and infrastructure aim to improve communication

Study compiles data, finds multiple specialties affected.

A physician’s goal is to care for patients, but a key part of being able to provide that care is the eternal quest for payment. One way to ensure that a practice maximizes its coding regimen is to make sure each session can be efficiently billed.

Some of the essential characteristics of being a good communicator are to be concise, specific, pleasant, approachable, and most of all, to be a good listener.

Doctors face increased burnout rates, loss of autonomy and greater financial threats from nonphysician practitioners

Report shows public’s desire for more convenience and empathy

Scribes are someone who works offsite or in a different area of the practice (ie, not in the exam room) to document important aspects of the encounter so the physician or other provider can focus on providing patient care and working more efficiently.

Burnout is an all too real phenomenon for many in health care. Here's a look at some ways to tackle and prevent it.

Opening your practice to allow pre-med and medical students to shadow you offers more than just benefits for them.

A new study on the gender pay gap in medicine examined earnings data from more than 80,000 doctors.

Defining the goals of the mentoring relationship can be useful to clarify expectations.

COVID-19 is prompting significant changes to malpractice laws and regulations at the state and federal levels.

Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with Andrew J. Schuman, MD, FAAP, to discuss the nuances of the update.

Contemporary Pediatrics® talks to Nicholas Holmes, MD, senior vice-president and chief operating officer at Rady's Children's Hospital San Diego, about why so many health care workers and support staff are leaving their jobs.

Nearly all respondents to a Kaufman Hall survey have experienced challenges in supply procurement.

Telehealth has become increasingly popular as a result of the pandemic, which makes accurate coding for such visits more important than ever. A session at the virtual 2021 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition covers appropriate coding.

From medical waste machines to neurostimulator devices, here are the tools to take your practice to the next level.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is used to make everyday life easier. Here's how AI systems can help elevate your medical game.

How medical practices can create effective vaccination programs for the months ahead

How a hodgepodge of federal and state telehealth waivers creates compliance concerns for providers practicing across state lines.

The compensation of most physicians remained mostly static, but primary care saw a small bump in 2020.

A survey found that the pandemic boosted physician burnout and woke many up to their financial precarity.

A new evaluation and management coding system for outpatient visits was implemented earlier this year. This article details the nuances of the new system.

As technology and the role that clinicians have with running the practice have changed, so have the needs for practice management. Andrew J. Schuman, MD, FAAP, shares his guidance for practice management.

A new scanning technology makes it easier to detect micro-strabismus and amblyopia.

Ensuring prompt full payment can be helped by successfully engaging parents.

A medical error is not an unusual event, although most are minor. The emergency department is one place where medical errors are more likely because of the chaotic nature. Here's a look at common mistakes and some cases where mistakes were made.

Marketing the practice may not be what strikes passion for many pediatricians, but it doesn’t need to be a source of worry. A presentation at the virtual 2020 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition offers some tips that don’t require a lot of time, money, or even skill.

The Affordable Care Act was meant to reduce the financial burden of receiving health care. A report examines whether the legislation helped families mitigate their health care costs.