Articles by Topic - Practice Management
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- Practice Management: Calm, Empathetic Reaction by Physicians Best for Handling Angry Patients
- Amy Dodds
- Published: Apr 01, 2013
- How doctors can detect, defuse, and prevent patient anger against themselves and their employees
- Article: CSM13: Geriatric Patient Boom Expected to Put Strain on Otolaryngologists
- Thomas R. Collins
- Published: Mar 01, 2013
- A huge challenge facing otolaryngologists is the shortage of ENT specialists trained in treating geriatric patient issues as our elderly popuation grows, physicians said at the Triological Society's Combined Sections Meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz. last January
- Practice Management: Payment Collection Strategies to Keep Your Otolaryngology Practice Profitable
- Gina Shaw
- Published: Feb 01, 2013
- The single most important step in payment collections is pre-registering patients when they make their appointment
- Legal Matters: Terminating the Physician-Patient Relationship
- Steven M. Harris, Esq.
- Published: Jan 01, 2013
- Direct communication and a concern for the patient's welfare should guide the process of terminating a physician-patient relationship
- Article: 2013 CPT Code Changes May Impact Your Practice
- Kathy Holliman, MEd
- Published: Dec 19, 2012
- New Current Procedural Terminology codes, including codes for reporting pediatric sleep studies and intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring, are now available.
- Article: Post-Tonsillectomy Taste Disorders Rare but Present
- Donna Petrozzello
- Published: Dec 02, 2012
- Although rare, long-term taste complications following tonsillectomy may indicate a need for more pre-op counseling and post-op follow-up
- Practice Management: Gifting Season Can Present Ethical Dilemma for Physicians
- Susan Kreimer
- Published: Dec 01, 2012
- When it comes to receiving gifts from patients, otolaryngologists and other doctors walk a fine moral line
- Article: Avoiding Career Burnout Can Be a Challenge for Otolaryngologists
- Cheryl Alkon
- Published: Nov 01, 2012
- While ENTs tend to be less stressed than physicians in other specialties, they're no strangers to exhaustion
- Practice Management: Patient Satisfaction: Can Academic Medical Centers Compete?
- Gina Shaw
- Published: Oct 01, 2012
- Otolaryngologists practicing in academic medical centers often score lower on patient surveys than those practicing in a community setting
- Article: AAO-HNSF 2012: Doctor With Cancer Offers Lesson in Compassionate Care
- Thomas R. Collins
- Published: Oct 01, 2012
- A doctor with throat cancer, and a musician with cochlear implant, relay the importance of treating patients with compassion
