Heal Thy Practice: Couldn’t Join Us in Charlotte? – Let “Heal Thy Practice” Come to You. Listen to the 2010 Faculty at Your Convenience

Our second annual Heal Thy Practice conference in Charlotte, NC, featured some of the nation's pioneers of new models for prevention-focused primary care. Learn how you can transform your practice so it supports your deepest values and delivers optimal health care for your patients.

 

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For a Healthier Practice, Look Honestly At Your Own Resistance to Change

Just as lifestyle change can be hard for patients because it requires them to embrace new ways of doing things, nutrition and lifestyle-based medicine can be challenging for many doctors because it requires new skill sets, new routines, and a willingness to change. But don't let that stop you! The need for lifestyle-based medicine has never been greater and neither have the opportunities who can provide patients with healthy ways to lose weight and improve wellbeing.

 

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Guidelines For Direct Marketing & Fee-Setting

The American Medical Association has published a number of recommendations and guidance documents for establishment of physician fees charged directly to patients, and for direct-to-consumer advertising. Here are some key excerpts from these recommendations.

 

 

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New Tools Give Primary Care An Open Window on Ocular Health

Ocular and retinal health are not usually considered part of primary care, but given the high and rising incidence of diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and other serious eye disorders, it’s time primary care doctors started looking their patients directly in the eye. New clinical tools are making that a lot easier.

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Naturopathic Medicine, Prescribing Rights & The Hard Road to a Better Health Care System

Last year, Hawaii naturopaths won a major victory when the state legislature expanded their independent prescribing authority. No sooner had the ink dried then the Hawaii Medical Assocation, with blessings from the AMA, sought to repeal the new law. The opposition is troubling given the dire shortage of primary care MDs in Hawaii and many other states.
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Heal Thy Practice 2010: How to Go From Bad Dream to Dream Practice

Holistic Primary Care's Heal Thy Practice-Transforming Primary Care conference, June 10-13, in Charlotte, NC, is a forum for sharing successful strategies, learning from past mistakes, finding inspiration, and gaining practical skills for creating a financially-viable practice offering patients high-quality, compassionate, comprehensive care.
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Guidance on EHR Selection & Implementation

TransforMED's "EHR Preparation & Selection Service," a joint venture with Welch Allyn, offers physicians three distinct packages designed to fit any medical practice's needs and budget. EHR Prep-Select is a low-cost, do-it-yourself program organized into 10 comprehensive steps that are easy to manage and execute.
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Fed Stimulus Offer Carrots to Doctors Going Digital, but HITECH Wields Sticks

The federal stimulus package has put a lot of money on the table to encourage doctors to embrace electronic medical records – as much as $44,000 per practice. But new and more restrictive security regulations could be a major buzz-kill.
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Primary Care Gains, While Specialists Feel Recession’s Bite

While it’s hardly a boom time, primary care groups showed slight to significant gains in total revenue during the first year of the recession, while most specialist groups showed losses. [ ...Read More]

New Survey Shows Physicians Groups Prefer Medicare to Privates

Doctors may not exactly love Medicare, but a new survey shows they prefer it to the big private insurance plans when it comes to matters like payer communications, contract negotiation, payment processing, and overall satisfaction. [ ...Login to Read More]