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Unexpected Praise for Direct Pay Practices from Dr. Vonnegut – A Book Review

Noreta Family Medicine

Unexpected Praise for Direct Pay Practices from Dr. Vonnegut – A Book Review Occasionally there are things that happen that reinforce the decisions I’ve made in my career, and this was one of those times! A friend recently gave me the book The Heart of Caring: a life in pediatrics by Mark Vonnegut, MD. He gets it!”

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Is a Medical Office Assistant Career Right for You?

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

The demand for medical office assistants is growing in clinics, hospitals, and private practices, including here at PACT. Booking, rescheduling, or canceling appointments. Relaying information between patients and providers. Certifications provide proof of your skills and help you stand out during the job search process.

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Are your patients satisfied?

Physician's Practice

Welcome to Five Minute Practice Fix, featuring instructional videos by physician and business of medicine expert Neil Baum, M.D. He has also written The Complete Business Guide to a Successful Medical Practice, which was published in 2015. He has written a book, What’s Going on Down There?

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Her most recent book is Elderhood. It was a patient that I had taken care of, actually, as a resident, who followed me into my growing private practice. He made it very clear that he called me by looking my number up in the phone book. And it’s not the same, but it does provide information.

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Conscientous Provision of MAID and Abortion: Robert Brody, Lori Freedman, Mara Buchbinder

GeriPal

“Typically when we think about conscience in medical ethics we think about it in terms of a negative claim of conscience, where a clinician refuses (or objects) to provide care. Lisa was writing about providing abortion care, but she just as easily could have been writing about providing medical aid in dying in states where it is illegal.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

Yeah my life totally sucked because I was double booked. I’m just actually providing really good primary health care. So my goal today is to share the wisdom that I have from 25 years as a doctor and 13 years in private practice in an ideal clinic. He’s still reading the books. Trying to get out.

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