How an offsite computer-based management information system can be used achieve higher clinical practice efficiencies by wire. What to outsource and what to keep in-house.
Read More »Patient data warehousing on the Web
How can you combine diverse photographic and diagnostic records as part of a practice which includes ophthalmic care, education and research? Take a look at how it's being done at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Read More »PND goes electronic
Why you are reading this, and what more you can expect.
Read More »An Essay on Medical Education in Philadelphia 1971-1996
A brief history of its transformation in three phases: visionary, consensual and corporate, as experienced by Fredric D. Burg, M.D., former vice dean for education at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Read More »Using computers to monitor finances
A survey of features of financial software.
Read More »Six steps for fine-tuning a practice
Fine-tune your practice through realistic performance standards, shorter meetings, bottom-up communication, multi-purpose bulletin boards, structured salaries and management ratings.
Read More »Teleconsultation reimbursement changes
Medicare reinbursement telemedicine consultations may be coming soon.
Read More »Managed care liability
As managed care organizations have undertaken increasingly pivotal roles in decisions affecting the delivery of health care, judges have re-evaluated their earlier views and imposed liability.
Read More »Turning Lankenau into a heart hospital?
A member of the medical staff questions the wisdom of this and other possibilities.
Read More »Changes in disability insurance
Major changes are explained as well as what can be done about them.
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