Practice Management, Medical
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Associations between structural capabilities of primary care practices and performance on selected quality measures.

4 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Recent proposals to reform primary care have encouraged physician practices to adopt such structural capabilities as performance feedback and electronic health records. Whether practices with these capabilities have higher performance on ... Read more...

Revenue cycle management.

24 Sep 2009 With the widening gap between overhead expenses and reimbursement, management of the revenue cycle is a critical part of a successful vascular surgery practice. It is important to review the data on all the components of the revenue cycle: payer ... Read more...

'A potential fifth column': conflicts and struggles for control in the context of local NHS privatization.

30 Aug 2009 This article uses case study data to discuss how a new procurement policy (Local Improvement Finance Trust, or LIFT) in English primary care may affect general practitioners' control over their work. LIFT, a series of 51 public-private partnerships, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Practice Management, Medical'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Giving patients their results online might be the answer. 24 Oct 2009
• Informatics aids to reduce failure rates in notification of abnormal outpatient test results. 24 Oct 2009
• EMRs do not improve reporting rates of abnormal laboratory results? 24 Oct 2009
• Associations between structural capabilities of primary care practices and performance on selected quality measures. 4 Oct 2009
• Revenue cycle management. 24 Sep 2009
• [Does your practice have a professional homepage? Caution: artist social fund!] 15 Sep 2009
• Doctors without borders in British Columbia. 13 Sep 2009
• The ethics of exclusivity: should doctors practice concierge medicine? 30 Aug 2009
• Prescription opioids and physician responsibility. 30 Aug 2009
• Complying with FACTA "Red Flag" Rules. 30 Aug 2009
• 'A potential fifth column': conflicts and struggles for control in the context of local NHS privatization. 30 Aug 2009
• Working with the "right people" and the "wrong people". 30 Aug 2009
• Musculoskeletal ultrasound: focused impact on MRI. 30 Aug 2009
• Musculoskeletal ultrasound: its impact on your MR practice. 30 Aug 2009
• Marketing strategies for vascular practitioners. 30 Aug 2009
• [Problems and problem solving in family medicine] 21 Aug 2009
• Predicted shortage of vascular surgeons in the United States: population and workload analysis. 20 Aug 2009
• Free up your fees. Health plan payment schedules aren't set in stone, negotiate for what you're worth. 19 Aug 2009
• From cultural cohesion to rules and competition: the trajectory of senior management culture in English NHS hospitals, 2001-2008. 30 Jul 2009
• Your hospital was a 'clan', now it's 'rational'. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Practice Management, Medical'

Definition: The organization and operation of the business aspects of a physician's practice.

Descriptor UI: D011216

Alternative terms: Practice Management, Medical; Management, Medical Practice; Managements, Medical Practice; Medical Practice Managements; Practice Managements, Medical; Medical Practice Management;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N04.452.758.708.450;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: DF: PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MED