Practice Management News

Health care involves managing two fundamental transitions simultaneously — the emergence of digital or virtual care and a slow shift to value-based care.

In this month’s issue, we are highlighting the important topic of multidisciplinary care of our gastroenterology patients.

What the poet John Donne observed about humanity — “no man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main” — holds true for health care providers. No provider operates in a vacuum; no provider stands alone.

As a wife, mother, community specialist and owner of an independent practice, I often am torn in millions of directions — and the pressure can be tremendous.

After you have decided to pursue a sale transaction, inevitably one of the biggest topics you’ll come across during the negotiation phase with the buyer is the non-compete restriction.

With the launch of Threads, a social media platform rivaling X, or, the platform formerly known as Twitter, five physicians joined this Healio webinar to talk about whether they are making the switch.

Although inflammatory bowel disease is a widespread, chronic condition in the United States, it is less commonly diagnosed in Black, Asian and Hispanic Americans, according to data reported in Gastroenterology.

In this episode, hosts Shikha Jain, MD, Douglas H. Jones, MD, Amy Comander, MD, Dagny Zhu, MD, Don Dizon, MD, and Mark A. Lewis, MD, discuss the new social media platform, Threads and how physicians can use it for their practice.

Infertility, high rates of regret for the delay of childbearing and relationship strain can make family building difficult for many physicians, according to the results of research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus is quoted as saying, “the only constant in life is change.”