Physician leaders know about the potential dangers of opioid prescriptions for pain, and they’re open to new ideas. But while federal agencies encourage that thinking, they’re not as forthcoming with practical support.

On rare occasion, aging clinicians affected by physical and cognitive function practice longer than they should.

Health policy experts share their thoughts on Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase's plan to joining up and address employee health care costs.

Research shows an upfront explanation of what happened along with an apology helps to deter expensive litigation and improve patient safety.

What causes physician burnout, and what can be done to prevent it?

Banner health system standardized the process across multistate divisions, with consideration of the legal issues, tactics and process-flow implementation.

More than 100 physician, hospital and health care leaders gathered at the 11th annual Thought Leadership Retreat at National Harbor, Maryland, in October.

Donald Berwick, a former CMS administrator, shares eight ways for doctors to let patients share the lead in their care and reap the benefits.

Every medical practitioner should read this article, which takes you through a lawsuit process. The journey through this lawsuit will affect how you practice medicine. It also will give you a new respect for the importance of meeting the standard of ...

This article demonstrates that America’s growing patient safety problem is not the failure of individual physicians. It is a contextual and systemic failure, one that will require major changes in how care delivery is structured, reimbursed, technolo...

Careful advance care planning (ACP) supports dying individuals and their families and reduces unwanted, unnecessary, and burdensome medical interventions and needless suffering and confusion. Physician offices are a major site of initiating (“trigger...

This article attempts to highlight core differentiating attributes of the four most widely recognized CMS-approved medical home accrediting agencies: the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the Joint Commission, the Accreditation Association fo...