In this podcast, John Whyte, MD, MPH, the chief medical officer at WebMD, talks with host Mike Sacopulos about his career path and the role of WebMD in providing quality health information to the public.

Although the author’s grandfather founded the oldest pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh, she never expected to follow in his footsteps. Raised in Roanoke, Virginia, she studied international development and law before working first as a corporate l...

Getting your patients to say “yes.” Presenting your treatment plan and getting patients to follow it.

Physician employment contracts are complex and often written to benefit the employer. Consequently, physicians should understand the ambiguities in employee contracts.

Over the last 20 years, there have been dramatic gains for LGBTQ+ rights in the U.S.: gay, queer, and trans individuals fought for and won equal treatment at work, legal marriage, the freedom to raise children, and the ability to openly serve in the ...

The article discusses chronic care management services that are essential for patients with two or more chronic conditions. CMS has designed a care plan that facilitates communication and follow-up according to the chronic care management codes.

There has been a dramatic escalation in the use of utilization review programs in an effort to constrain the surge of rising healthcare costs. Utilization review serves to verify the “medical necessity” of hospital admissions and specific medical pro...

A physician boards a plane and sits down. If there is a medical emergency in-flight, does the physician face moral/ethical/legal risk by acts of commission or omission in relation to the medical emergency?

Health systems are struggling to address the many shortcomings of health care delivery: rapidly growing costs, inconsistent quality, and inadequate and unequal access to primary and other types of care. However, if retailers and health systems were t...

This study aimed to create an evidence-and expertise-informed framework to identify elements of the emerging clinician leadership role in ambulatory access in U.S. health systems and to identify the prevalence of clinician leaders assigned to the lea...

Is the ACA on life support or are we headed toward a reimbursement system that emphasizes quality instead of volume?

As the adult population of the United States continues to get older, the number of patients with multiple chronic conditions is expected to increase drastically, providing a greater imperative for effective care coordination within the medical infras...