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Personal Issues to Consider Before Leaving Independent Practice

J. LeBron McBride

Some introspection now may prevent a lot of regret later.

Easing Into Your New Practice After Residency: Tips for Success

DALE J. BLOCK

A successful transition from training to practice hinges on prudent personal and professional development.

Optimizing the Role of Nursing Staff to Enhance Physician Productivity: One Physician's Journey

Rodney J. Anderson

When capable nurses are given greater responsibility for each patient encounter, good results follow.

Do You Know What Is (or Isn't) in Your Documentation?

Brenda Edwards

Leaving out key information in patient documentation can compromise quality and cost you money.

FROM THE EDITOR

Making Sense of the Trend Toward Hospital Employment

Kenneth G. Adler

More hospitals are courting physicians, and more physicians are accepting their offers, but why?

LETTERS

Quiet space is needed for thinking

Deborah Lathrop

Respect each other

Simon Auster

OPINION

Advancing Multidisciplinary Team Care

Elizabeth Joy

A novel approach to treating patients with eating disorders may be a model for those with other complex conditions.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Kent Moore, Debra Seyfried

Billing for forms completion | Visual acuity testing for children | Time thresholds for preventive counseling | Home sleep monitoring | Annual wellness visits providers

PRACTICE PEARLS

PRACTICE PEARLS

Michael Niziol, Tomm Vander Horst, Andrea Gordon, Renae Moch

Cutting costs by cutting swabs | Tetanus shot? The phone's for you | “A” is for asthma | Dealing with patient records lost in a fire

THE LAST WORD

HITIOS: Why Cynicism Is Helpful When Working With Health IT

Bob Newbell

Beware the tendency to grossly underestimate the time and effort required to complete health IT-related tasks.



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