Commentary
News
Can we be too efficient?
We aren’t factory workers punching out widgets, we’re physicians caring for people and people cannot be standardized.
Managing Your Practice
The multitasking myth
There really are too many tasks and not enough hours in the day. How can you get through them without falling into the multitasking trap?
Commentary
A new and completely different pain medicine
Patients assigned to the highest dose of VX-548 had a statistically significant lower cumulative amount of pain in the 48 hours after surgery.
Commentary
Will this trial help solve chronic back pain?
Physicians are trained that if there’s pain, there’s something wrong and we have to do surgery or there’s been some trauma. Most chronic pain is...
Commentary
Who owns your genes?
The assumption of any sane person would be that he or she owns his or her own genes. I mean, how dumb a question is that?
Commentary
Ten tips for boosting patient communication
If patients can’t read, write medication instructions with symbols. Draw a sun for medications that are supposed to be taken in the morning.
Commentary
Time to end direct-to-consumer ads, says physician
While these ads urge patients to try expensive “newest and latest” treatments, pharmacy benefits plans are working with health care insurance...
Opinion
The sacred office space
Patients will be inconvenienced and pay higher costs to experience their appointment in person. This should not be surprising.
Commentary
New DEA CME mandate affects 2 million prescribers
One should not underestimate the sweeping scope of this new federal requirement.
Feature
Should you dismiss a difficult patient?
Even if a reason seems legitimate, that doesn’t make it legal.
Commentary
Are you a physician ... or a vending machine?
We stopped prescribing oxycodone and now people are on gabapentin in the highest doses, diversion is up, and so is its abuse.