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Family Practice, Internal Medicine, and General Practice: What’s The Difference?

I get mail, this from a healthy 20-something reader who’s just moved to a new city: What’s...
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When HIPAA Doesn’t Apply

Got a call from a long-time patient over the weekend. Hearing a not overly alarming story but one...
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Growing Your Practice With Ancillary Services: Why It’s A Bad Idea

I’m just about through with the magazine Medical Economics. I’ve been a devoted follower ever...
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Physician Questions The Need For Demographic Data With The EMR

Race is a medically meaningless concept. Spare me the few tired cliches about prostate cancer,...
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Physician Says New Model Of Patient Care Should Be Common Sense

There’s nothing new under the sun, or in medicine. I’m not talking about monoclonal antibody...
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