“Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.” Wise words from the man that also said, “A penny saved is a penny earned,” Benjamin Franklin. The problem for medical practices today is that it seems there are no “little expenses.” All businesses are faced with large expenses that continue to grow,
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Allied Healthcare Providers: Should You Get an Occurrence or Claims Made Policy?
Medical Malpractice Insurance policies can be confusing, and most allied healthcare providers are unsure whether to get an Occurrence or a Claims Made policy. The answer to this question really depends on your employer, your employment status, and your future career plans. First, a definition of each type of policy may be helpful: Claims-made Coverage
READ MORECOVID-19 & Caring for our Healthcare Community
This is an odd time to be practicing medicine. Nobody knows how this Coronavirus era of 2019 and 2020 will be viewed in the history books decades from now, but we do know that our healthcare community will be the heroes of the story. Physicians, nurses, and all our healthcare providers are on the frontlines
READ MOREHypnotherapy Shown to Reduce IBS Symptoms
Those suffering with the debilitating effects of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) can turn to dietary changes, medications…and now, hypnotherapy. In past studies, researchers found that hypnotherapy, which is fast gaining credibility in the medical community as a treatment to manage pain, can be successfully used to relieve symptoms of IBS. But a recent study conducted
READ MOREThe Cost of Medical Malpractice Insurance is Rising: Be Prepared
Physicians and practice administrators need to prepare for the inevitable increase in medical malpractice insurance premiums at the next renewal. If it doesn’t happen this year, it will happen next year. The medical malpractice insurance market is changing, and premiums are going up. Physicians, hospitals, facilities, and other healthcare provider groups have enjoyed a little
READ MORECould CRISPR Solve our Antibiotics Crisis?
It has been almost a full century since Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the world’s first antibiotic. They have been in wide use since the 1940s, radically changing the course of modern medicine in the process. As researcher C. Lee Ventola puts it, “Antibiotics have not only saved patients’ lives, they have played a pivotal role in
READ MORECan Good Relationships Decrease Your Risk of Getting Sued?
I have, for several years now, visited with a primary care physician who is a family friend. She was the first doctor that was referred to my wife and I when we lost our first child shortly after birth. Whatever else she has offered in the way of diagnosis, she has always gone out of
READ MORECan a Brain Training App Help Your ADHD?
If you do a quick web search for brain training apps, you’ll see multiple top ten lists designed for various cohorts. Are you aging and worried about memory loss? Or finding it hard to knuckle down and study for the MCATs? Are you suffering from ADD, ADHD, OCD, ABCD? An app is out there
READ MOREHBO’s New Documentary Sheds Light on Medical Error
A new documentary appearing on HBO is now shedding light on a pervasive public healthcare crisis: medical error. The documentary, entitled Bleed Out, follows the documentarian, Steve Burrows, on a personal journey through his mother Judie’s debilitating illness. The movie follows a staggering 10-year saga through what HBO’s website calls “an endless cycle of medical
READ MORECould a 3-D Printer Replicate Human Organs?
3-D Printing’s Past and Present If you had a 3-D printer (which you could in 2-3 days, and for under $300), you could now 3-D print an entire office around it. You could print a desk, a pen and pencil holder, even a chess set for when you get bored. 3-D printing has exploded since
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