May/June 2022

Journal of Medical Practice Management

May/June 2022

Vol. 37, No. 6 · 10 articles

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  1. Teaching New Doctors Old Tricks: Greek Medicine’s Impact on Modern Healthcare

    JMPM May/June 2022 Neil Baum, MD, Alvin Merlin, MD, MBA, CPE

    This article provides a brief history of early Greek medicine and discusses how those early physicians have impacted modern medicine and presents lessons we can learn today from those giants whose shoulders we stand u...

  2. Should Long-Term Care Facilities be Considered Cost-Efficient in Future Medicare and Medicaid Financial Policies?

    JMPM May/June 2022 Hanen Fernandez Rojas, Lauren Ma, Stanley Sun, Robert Steele, MS, Janis Coffin, DO, FAAFP, FACMPE

    By not discharging patients to LTCHs and using equally functional post-acute care alternatives such as skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehab facilities, or home healthcare, Medicare could save $4.6 billion a yea...

  3. Medical Malpractice: An Introduction to Tort Law Part IV: Liability

    JMPM May/June 2022 Timothy E. Paterick, MD, JD, MBA

    It is prudent for every physician to understand tort law and the foundations of medical negligence, because medical negligence is the most common basis for a medical malpractice action.

  4. Health Information Technology and Physician Leadership

    JMPM May/June 2022 Grace E. Terrell, MD, MMM, CPE, FACP, FACPE

    The perpetual influx of innovative technologies into the healthcare delivery process simultaneously offers ongoing medical advances and personal challenges for practicing physicians.

  5. Developing a One-Page Marketing Plan: Part I

    JMPM May/June 2022 Allan Dib, Neil Baum, MD

    This article provides you with the nine components of a one-page marketing plan that will be easy to create and implement into nearly every medical practice.

  6. Creating an Exceptional Onboarding Experience for Your New Employees

    JMPM May/June 2022 Laura Hills, DA

    This article argues that healthcare organizations should create exceptional onboarding experiences and describes what exceptional onboarding looks like.

  7. Create Your Corporate Culture by Teaching Values and Beliefs

    JMPM May/June 2022 Timothy W. Boden, CMPE

    Top performers — smooth-running, efficient medical practices that consistently produce well above average profitability — almost always present a noticable kind of ambiance to patients and visitors.

  8. Changing How We Think About Difficult Patients

    JMPM May/June 2022 Joan Naidorf, DO, Michael J. Sacopulos, JD

    Addressing a problem that is rarely discussed in the patient care context, author Dr. Joan Naidorf describes the four types of difficult patients, and introduces simple, actionable tools that every physician, nurse, a...

  9. COVID-19 Renews Interest in the Psychiatric Symbolism of Windows

    JMPM May/June 2022 Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA, CPE, DFAAPL

    Windows are gateways to the human mind, and looking through them is a time-honored exercise in reflection and introspection.

  10. A Good Doctor, but Not Such a Good Leader

    JMPM May/June 2022 Sandra Ellison, MS Clinical Psychology, MS Industrial/Organizational Psychology

    What is the differentiator between the terrible physician leader and the phenomenal one?