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Nine states have enacted the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact law

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Formed

Formation of compact commission triggered by enactment of law in seventh state: Alabama
A patient satisfaction education

Resident Education Intervention Ups Patient Satisfaction

Improvement in Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores
The transition to the expanded International Classification of Diseases

ICD-10-CM Challenges ID’d for Emergency Medicine Physicians

Twenty-three percent of convoluted codes were found to be clinically incorrect

May 2015 Briefing – Family Practice

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Family Practice for May 2015. This roundup includes the...

May 2015 Briefing – Internal Medicine

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Internal Medicine for May 2015. This roundup includes the...
Low physician spending is contributing to an overall slowing of health care costs

AMA: Physicians Driving the Slowing of Health Care Costs

Physicians' spending grew more slowly over 2003 to 2013 than hospital and clinical spending
Home-based primary care practices vary in terms of size and approaches to quality of care assessment

House Call Primary Care Practices Vary Substantially

One-third of practices use a defined quality improvement process
Sixty percent of clinicians in practices with 26 or more clinicians report use of one of 10 electronic health record products

Large Practices Focused on Small Selection of EHR Products

Sixty percent of responses from clinicians in large practices were from users of 10 EHR products
Understanding the key drivers underlying medical students' distress can help address the issues and enhance student well-being

AMA: Avoiding Distress in Medical School

Drivers of distress include unsupportive learning environment, mistreatment, debt
Three steps that can be implemented by front desk staff can help increase practices' cash flow

Front Desk Staff Has Key Role in Managing Practice Cash Flow

Tips to implement include verification of insurance status, collection at time of service, ease of payment