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Electronic Medical Records: 10 Questions I Didn’t Know to Ask

Jaymi S. Meyers

Buying an EMR system? No matter how great it seems to be, get good answers to these questions before you buy.

Tips to Help Take the Hassle Out of Inpatient Utilization Review

David Schechter

The secrets are to think like a reviewer, hone your documentation skills and be a good communicator, says this FP who’s seen both sides of UR.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Primer

Terrence E. Steyer

You may be surprised by the number of your patients using CAM therapy. This primer provides the background and tips you’ll need to have a productive conversation about it.

What You Need to Know About HIPAA Now

David C. Kibbe

Now that the final privacy rules have been published, your practice can’t afford to ignore this legislation.

EDITOR’S PAGE

Finally, a Medical Miracle

Robert L. Edsall

Reading the newspaper this morning, I was struck – maybe “hit in the face” is better – by a full-page ad for electron beam tomography (EBT). The headline said, “This may be the most important ad you’ll ever read,” and the main message was that “your doctor will confirm” that...

LETTERS

Universal coverage concerns

J.M. Grubbs

No-win coding

Alan Levin

Rx advertisements

John F. Smyth

Is this quality?

Off the mark

Pat Coates

Corrections

Cartoon

GETTING PAID

How to Stop Hemorrhaging Red Ink

Kent J. Moore

These nine tips will help you restore your practice’s financial health.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Kent J. Moore

Initial observation care + initial hospital care | Calculating prolonged services | Preventive medicine codes | Sebaceous cyst excision

MONITOR

MONITOR

Docs sue six health plans | National outcomes database in the works | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | Average salary offerings | Group visits | Oh, Canada | I just work here | Illness prediction...

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE

Focus on the Family, Part I: What Is Your Family Focus Style?

Robin S. Gotler, Jack H. Medalie, Stephen J. Zyzanski, George E. Kikano, Louise S. Acheson, Kurt C. Stange

For some physicians, the family focus goes deeper than simply taking a health history.

PRACTICE DIARY

PRACTICE DIARY

Sanford J. Brown

Out of the barn | Medical advice | Legalese

COMPUTERS

Getting More From a Voice Recognition System

Melvin J. Knight

Using key words increases the accuracy of voice transcription technology and makes charting more cost-effective.

ASK FPM

ASK FPM

Gail Levy, Daniel R. McCune, Julie Henry, Sofia R. Plotzker

FTEs per physician | Disposing of patient records | Medical equipment for sale | Releasing workers’ comp records

BALANCING ACT

Healing Bodies and Souls

John Spicer

Working as a medical missionary gives Tim Myrick, MD, time to care for the sick and spread the Gospel.



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