Practice Development

Naturopathic Medicine, Prescribing Rights & The Hard Road to a Better Health Care System

By Michael Traub, ND, DHANP, FABNO | Contributing Writer - Vol. 11, No. 1. , 2010

Last year, Hawaii naturopaths won a major victory when the state legislature expanded their independent prescribing authority. No sooner had the ink dried then the Hawaii Medical Assocation, with blessings from the AMA, sought to repeal the new law. The opposition is troubling given the dire shortage of primary care MDs in Hawaii and many other states.

Heal Thy Practice 2010: How to Go From Bad Dream to Dream Practice

By Staff Writer - Vol. 11, No. 1. , 2010

Holistic Primary Care’s Heal Thy Practice-Transforming Primary Care conference, June 10-13, in Charlotte, NC, is a forum for sharing successful strategies, learning from past mistakes, finding inspiration, and gaining practical skills for creating a financially-viable practice offering patients high-quality, compassionate, comprehensive care.

Guidance on EHR Selection & Implementation

By Staff Writer - Vol. 11, No. 1. , 2010

TransforMED’s “EHR Preparation & Selection Service,” a joint venture with Welch Allyn, offers physicians three distinct packages designed to fit any medical practice’s needs and budget. EHR Prep-Select is a low-cost, do-it-yourself program organized into 10 comprehensive steps that are easy to manage and execute.

Fed Stimulus Offer Carrots to Doctors Going Digital, but HITECH Wields Sticks

By Janet Gulland | Contributing Writer - Vol. 11, No. 1. , 2010

The federal stimulus package has put a lot of money on the table to encourage doctors to embrace electronic medical records – as much as $44,000 per practice. But new and more restrictive security regulations could be a major buzz-kill.

Primary Care Gains, While Specialists Feel Recession’s Bite

By Erik L. Goldman | Editor-in-Chief - Vol. 10, No. 4. , 2009

While it’s hardly a boom time, primary care groups showed slight to significant gains in total revenue during the first year of the recession, while most specialist groups showed losses.

New Survey Shows Physicians Groups Prefer Medicare to Privates

By Erik L. Goldman | Editor-in-Chief - Vol. 10, No. 4. , 2009

Doctors may not exactly love Medicare, but a new survey shows they prefer it to the big private insurance plans when it comes to matters like payer communications, contract negotiation, payment processing, and overall satisfaction.

Heal Thy Practice 2010: Platforms for Preventive Health Care

By Janet Gulland | Contributing Writer - Vol. 10, No. 4. , 2009

For too many physicians, primary care practice feels like a shoe that just doesn’t fit. Like bewitched sisters in the children’s story, Cinderella, they’re cutting off parts of their feet in order to fit the shoes they believe they must wear.

Corporate Wellness Programs Help Employees But Leave Doctors in the Dark

By Erik L. Goldman | Editor-in-Chief - Vol. 10, No. 4. , 2009

The nation’s big corporations are going to great lengths to get employees to exercise, lose weight, eat better and quit smoking. But all-too-often these corporate wellness programs don’t engage employees’ physicians.

Anatomy of an Informed Consent Form

By Alan Dumoff, JD, MSW | Contributing Writer - Vol. 10, No. 3. , 2009

In this first of an ongoing series of articles offering medicolegal guidance for holistic/integrative practitioners, legal expert Alan Dumoff provides insight into the value of informed consent, and provides guidelines for drafting effective and protective informed consent forms.

From “Clinical Facility” to “Garden of Healing”: Creating a Healing Environment for Your Patients

By Deb Andelt | Contributing Writer - Vol. 10, No. 2. , 2009

The specific treatment a doctor gives is only a small part of the total clinical experience. The key to creating an effective healing experience is to create a vision that reaches below the surface of conscious awareness, where 95% of what we take in is processed. To give patients a nurturing, healing experience, we need to create nurturing, compassionate, empowering input that touches people on many different levels.

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Practice Development

Naturopathic Medicine, Prescribing Rights & The Hard Road to a Better Health Care System

Heal Thy Practice 2010: How to Go From Bad Dream to Dream Practice

Guidance on EHR Selection & Implementation

Fed Stimulus Offer Carrots to Doctors Going Digital, but HITECH Wields Sticks

Primary Care Gains, While Specialists Feel Recession’s Bite

New Survey Shows Physicians Groups Prefer Medicare to Privates

Heal Thy Practice 2010: Platforms for Preventive Health Care

Corporate Wellness Programs Help Employees But Leave Doctors in the Dark

Anatomy of an Informed Consent Form

From “Clinical Facility” to “Garden of Healing”: Creating a Healing Environment for Your Patients

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