Medicine & Business

By Punit Dhillon At some point in their lives, one in five people will suffer from skin cancer, and the fraction is steadily rising.  In ...

By Lucia Francesca Bruno, J.D., LL.M., M.B.A. For the past century, information technology has reinvented the familiar and revolutionized the art of medicine.  As health care ...

Among the issues on Congress’ must-do list is the “doc fix” – finding billions of dollars needed to avert drastic rate cuts for physicians who ...

By Erika Stewart Health care reform will make huge changes in the way insurance companies do business, but most of that will not go into ...

By Michelle Andrews Credit card companies, airlines and hotels all have customer loyalty programs. Maybe it was only a matter of time before hospitals got ...

By Jen Abraczinskas and Jeffrey Brenner, MD There is a lot of buzz about reducing hospital readmissions.  But what does a readmission look like?  And ...

By  Louis J. Goodman and Timothy B. Norbeck  This year promises to be a watershed year for healthcare in general, and for patients and physicians, ...

By Mark Crockett, MD In the era of accountable care, you’ll notice that many hospitals and health systems are already driving towards more collaborative workflow. ...

By Michelle Andrews As obesity among young people continues to rise, a growing number of clinicians and researchers say that weight-loss surgery may be their ...

By Michael Kline, CPA As the year draws to a close, it is time for medical practices and medical professionals to review the current year’s ...