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Exploring Primary Care Provider eConsult Utilization Trends [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

It includes templated eConsult exchange data extracted from the electronic health record. Intervention/Instrument: eConsult platform and electronic health record. Study Design and Analysis: This retrospective analysis of program data spans from 2018 through 2023. Setting or Dataset: CUSOM and University Hospital.

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How Doctors Should Address Lifestyle Creep

The Motivated MD

Though I adhere to commonly agreed upon personal finance advice such as living ‘like a resident’ and well below your means, if you are overly frugal, you will deprive yourself of the enjoyment that is deserved when your income grows. Allowing ourselves to spend our hard-earned money is critical to finding happiness in our careers.

Finance 52
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Be The Market: How Doctors Should Invest Their Money

The Motivated MD

As I continue onward in my journey writing a physician finance guide one chapter at a time, I wanted to tackle investing. Part of being an intelligent investor is learning the most efficient way to invest your excess income wisely with as little effort as possible. These claims are, of course, bogus. This is where risk tolerance factors in.

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Tech upgrade success: 6 rules every practice should follow

Physician's Practice

Recent Videos Related Content 7 signs that your practice needs a new EHR Austin Littrell June 20th 2025 Article From sluggish systems to frustrated staff, these red flags could mean it's time to upgrade your practice's electronic health record system. In short, buying technology is no longer a line item, it’s a strategic risk.

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Choosing to Rent or Buy a Home in 2025

The Motivated MD

This marks the 10th chapter of our Doctor Money finance series, which I hope to complete and formally turn into a publishable book or e-book in the not-too-distant future. I found this to be true in my life, and I think that for those in healthcare professions with prolonged training, it can be even more difficult. Stay tuned!

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Are your patients satisfied?

Physician's Practice

7 signs that your practice needs a new EHR Austin Littrell June 20th 2025 Article From sluggish systems to frustrated staff, these red flags could mean it's time to upgrade your practice's electronic health record system. Baum is Professor of Clinical Urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Lead, follow or get out of the way

Physician's Practice

For example, practices have adopted electronic medical records (EMR) systems only to find that productivity in the practice ground to a halt. Successful practices have found ways to work around the loss of productivity and ultimately made Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) work effectively in their practices. So, you need to decide.