Truth in Care Statement

Truth in Care Statement

Welcome to our practice

We are pleased that you have chosen us for your care and we will do our best to be sure your experience meets your expectations. We would, of course, like to exceed your expectations, but we have no clue how we could possibly do that and still stay in practice, given what we are being paid. 

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Physicians Shouldn't Have to Choose Between Clinical Practice and Entrepreneurship

Physicians Shouldn't Have to Choose Between Clinical Practice and Entrepreneurship

Physicians are becoming more entrepreneurial in response to threats to their practices and the sick-care innovation imperative. Some, particularly those without a medical background or who have never practiced medicine, ask whether doctors should be doctors or entrepreneurs and press them to commit to being “all in” if they are to be successful as a physician entrepreneur. We need to stop thinking “either/or.” Many physicians think they can be both and, in fact, that adopting an entrepreneurial mindset helps them be better doctors. I agree.

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Why Physicians Need to Read "The Patient, The Doctor and The Bill Collector"

 Why Physicians Need to Read "The Patient, The Doctor and The Bill Collector"

Today's independent physician practices and even hospitals are locked into a system which contributes not only to the financial and emotional pain of the people they were called upon to heal, but to delivering the most expensive care in the civilized world.

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Why Physicians Are Losing the Branding Wars

Why Physicians Are Losing the Branding Wars

Maybe the last time you walked into a retail-based clinic, you did not see an MD. Maybe the same thing happened at your hospital outpatient clinic or an urgent care center. Physician "extenders" and advanced practice professionals, such primary care pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants are winning the war on branding. They and their professional associations have done a good job branding their services while complacent doctors have not. What happened? 

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10 Ways to Screw Up Your Patient Portal

10 Ways to Screw Up Your Patient Portal

Patient portals are supposed to provide patients access to their EMR information and make it easier to interact with their doctors. They are taughted to be an important weapon in the patient engagement arsenal. Many just misfire.

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