Advice for Better Practice
11 articles from the CareerMedicine archive.
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Danger Lurks Around With Every Signature!
The truckload of documents on my table every single day waiting to be signed. Some are prescription refills, other are papers from the scooter people and not to mention those requests for prior…
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All Doctors should learn this important skill!
The days of Doctors’ reputation of having a bad handwriting are ending. You will not be writing anymore. Medicare is forcing all medical practices and hospitals to go paperless by 2012. That will be…
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How to crack a tough clinical case
What to do when you are stuck with a tough clinical case? What if all labs and imaging that you do is not giving you an answer. You feel like a detective but not like Sherlock Holmes. Here are the…
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Why Should Physicians Have a Website? and How to Get One !
Technology is changing all around us. So is the way of doing business. More and more people are using internet to find what they want to find or shop. Patients used to search for doctors in the…
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Comforting the patients – is it a Doctor’s job ?
Several times in a day, physicians find themselves in a situation breaking bad news to the patients. At other times, physicians are informing patients about a preliminary results which needs further…
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Why Documentation is Important ?
Just like the payors continue to get miserly to pay the doctors, the hospitals are facing such problems too. The video news content is worth watching. If you do not document a decubitus ulcer if…
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Become the greatest Code Blue Leader of all times !
Everyone remembers the first Code Blue they had to lead. It is a surreal experience where everyone is freaking out and everything is overwhelming. It is the place where psychology meets technology.…
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Tips for becoming a popular Doctor (continued)
The biggest tip for becoming a popular Doctor among your patients is here . Now we will discuss the other reasons why some Doctors are more liked by their patients than others. These are the habits…
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Tips for becoming a popular doctor- and improve patient care (LESSON I)
Most physicians think that if they treat the medical ailment of a patient, they will become popular with the patients. Now that my be true if you are a cardiologist and did an emergency cath to save…
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Becoming a popular doctor: What is in it for you?
Most human beings strive to become popular. It is a way to get attention in this world. But should a doctor strive to be popular amongst his patients ? Why? But why doctors are usually arrogant and…
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Starting a Medical Practice: Learning Small Business
I was discussing this with a general surgeon yesterday. We both agreed that the biggest deficit physicians have is not ‘how to run a medical practice’ but ‘how to run a small business’. I believe the…