Small Practices Score Big Gain in Reduced Admissions (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Smaller primary care physician practices -- those with fewer than 10 physicians -- have fewer preventable hospital admissions among their Medicare beneficiaries than larger practices, researchers have found. (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - August 22, 2014 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Small Practices Have Fewer Preventable Hospital AdmissionsSmall Practices Have Fewer Preventable Hospital Admissions
Bigger may not always be better: Preserving small practice advantages such as easy appointment access and more personal relationships may be important as the ACA encourages consolidation. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 19, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Another Attack on Small Practices: Exclusion from Quality Rankings
When so-called “quality measures” don’t include small medical practices, patients lose out on finding great physicians. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - July 21, 2014 Category: Practice Management Authors: Leann DiDomenico McAllister Tags: Blog Healthcare Reform Patient Relations Practice Models Source Type: news
Will proposed meaningful use changes ease small practices' burden?
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http://www.medicalpracticeinsider.com/news/cms-onc-propose-mu-changes-ease-small-and-rural-practices%E2%80%99-burden (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - May 23, 2014 Category: Information Technology Authors: Tom Sullivan Tags: Online Only Meaningful Use Source Type: news
Black Book names leading practice EHRs
It's no easy feat to be the best, even in the healthcare IT space, but one EHR vendor has come out on top, earning the highest scores for client experience and customer satisfaction in the small practice category.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - May 14, 2014 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Source Type: news
Difficult to teach when you have a small practice
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Difficult to teach when you have a small practice (Source: MD Consult: News: Top Stories)
Source: MD Consult: News: Top Stories - April 23, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Small Practices: Down but Not Out
(MedPage Today) -- It's becoming harder and harder for small practices -- the "onesies" and "twosies" -- to stay alive in today's world of medicine as they cope with changes in health insurance, added administrative burdens, and changing referral patterns. (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 17, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Physicians Partnering the Right Way
Shelly K. SchwartzApril 07, 2014 | Partnerships, Law & Malpractice, Practice ModelsBy Shelly K. SchwartzWhether you are partnering with one other small practice or joining a large healthcare system, here's how to do so while maintaining some independence. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - April 7, 2014 Category: Practice Management Authors: ericasprey Source Type: news
Pay and Practice: Is the Small Medical Practice Disappearing?
(MedPage Today) -- Running a small practice -- with one, two, or three doctors -- can be especially difficult these days. Are small practices becoming a thing of the past? MedPage Today wants to hear from you. (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 3, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Solo and Small Practices Increase EHR Adoption, Survey FindsSolo and Small Practices Increase EHR Adoption, Survey Finds
A majority of solo physicians have now adopted electronic health records as implementation increases for all physicians, a new study has found. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines - March 27, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Array of EHR options fuels doc adoption
Solo physicians and small practices are finally starting to show encouraging electronic health record adoption rates, according to a new report from SK&A.
[See also: Don't let meaningful use dictate EMR choices, IDC tells small practices]
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Source: Healthcare IT News - March 26, 2014 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Meaningful Use Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Electronic Health Records Vendors Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Source Type: news
Researchers propose model to understand the clinician-medical assistant relationship
Medical assisting is one of the fastest growing professions in America, and MAs are vital to new primary care practice models, yet their relationships to the clinicians with whom they work is understudied. This qualitative study on the working relationship between clinicians and MAs in five small family medicine offices finds that MAs' roles in small practices are determined by their career motivation and relationship with the clinician(s) with whom they work. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 12, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Practice Management Source Type: news
EHR Implementation with Minimal Practice Disruption in Primary Care Settings: The Experience of the Washington & Idaho Regional Extension Center
Identifies EHR implementation error patterns that result in financial loss, practice disruption and patient safety issues. Errors are described in detail and accompanied by recommended strategies applicable to individual and small practices, federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics and other settings providing services to the underserved. -- Washington and Idaho Regional Extension Center (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - January 30, 2014 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
GP registered lists - January 2014
Data on very small practices has been suppressed due to the risk of identification of individuals. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - January 20, 2014 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news
Helping Small Practices New Focus for AHRQ
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality wants to better study how small- and medium-sized practices can incorporate findings of patient-centered outcomes research into their care, the agency's new director said this week. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - November 27, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
