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Develop Your Own Practice Intranet

Floyd “Tripp” Bradd, III

It really can be a do-it-yourself project – and you probably have the basic tools already.

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Better Practice Through Better Information

Robert L. Edsall

Given that evaluation and management starts with gathering information about a patient’s history and condition, information management has to be one of the fundamental skills of the family physician – at least information management on the level of the patient visit.

LETTERS GETTING PAID CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Kent J. Moore

“Status” of a chronic disease | Anoscopy & E/M | Pulse oximetry & E/M | Rehab ward

MONITOR

MONITOR

Medicare cuts could be postponed | AAFP pushes for affordable EMR system | Bold initiatives could transform health care | Non-MDs don’t reduce MD demand | Business is booming | Employees strike back | What malpractice insurance crisis? | Generic drug use climbs | Good news...

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE

Ideas for Optimizing Your Nursing Staff

Rick E. Weymier

Wise utilization of your nursing staff will improve efficiency, patient care and your bottom line.

PRACTICE DIARY

PRACTICE DIARY

Sanford J. Brown

All in the family | A great diagnosis | Disability insurance

ASK FPM

ASK FPM

Jeffrey B. Miller, Steven Masley, Mark Murray

Initialing medical record entries | Group-visit consent forms | “Appointmentless” systems?

BALANCING ACT

Organizing Your Desk

Pamela J. Vaccaro

If you haven’t seen the surface of your desk in a while, try these strategies for clearing the clutter.



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