Practice Management News

It was expected that nearly one in every two people worldwide was already using some form of social media by 2015, according to Social Media Today, and we know that number has been increasing ever since. More and more people are participating in sites that allow users to promote, engage and even share details of their lives.

AUSTIN, Texas — In this exclusive video perspective from GI Outlook 2018, Walter G. Park, MD, MS, assistant professor at Stanford University in California and chair of the Health and Public Policy Committee for ASGE, discusses the Medicare Merit-Based Incentive Payment System.

AUSTIN, Texas — In this exclusive video perspective from GI Outlook 2018, Reed B. Hogan, MD, a gastroenterologist at Flowood GI Associates and Endoscopy Center and Madison GI Associates and Endoscopy Center in Mississippi, discusses his presentation on how to best market a medical practice.

AUSTIN, Texas — In this exclusive video perspective from GI Outlook 2018, Colleen M. Schmitt, MD, MHS, FASGE, president of the Galen Medical Group in Chattanooga, Tennessee, discusses her presentation about how to use the GIQuIC database to improve quality and grow new relationships.

AUSTIN, Texas — In this exclusive video perspective from GI Outlook 2018, Raymond K. Cross, MD, director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, discusses his presentation on how to best implement telehealth into a medical practice.

In its first international partnership, Opternative Inc. will work with Ben & Frank to bring the company’s online vision tests to patients in Mexico.

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute has been named as the best ophthalmology hospital in the country for the 15th consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report.

AUSTIN, Texas — Speaking from lessons learned, one expert at GI Outlook walked through the importance of understanding online physician reputation and its reflection of patient satisfaction.

AUSTIN, Texas — The intrinsic personality traits of the physician lay the foundation for burnout, according to an expert speaking at GI Outlook. The internal drive for perfection, lifetime rewards for overwork and need to surpass outside markers for success can quickly push a physician past a healthy mental state.

AUSTIN, Texas — In this exclusive video perspective from GI Outlook 2018, Richard Moses, DO, JD, FCLM, of Philadelphia Gastroenterology Consultants Limited, discusses his presentation on the “dos and don’ts” of implementing technology in a medical practice.