VOL 16, NO. 5
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Choose
Your Boss
Your Boss
Attentive listening and trusting your gut
can prevent working for a toxic employer. Clues to recognize
before you interview.
©2006 Anthony
Foronda
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Arbitration as a method of settling
malpractice claims is picking up steam. The increased
efficiency—as well as the
confidentiality of the
proceedings—make this up-and-coming trend attractive to
both physicians and insurance companies.
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By Joan Szabo
Catherine Wheeler, MD uses malpractice
arbitration
agreements in her Salt Lake City
practice.
Photo ©2006 Joshua Waldron
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Whether it’s to pursue an avocation
or to spend more time
with family, physicians are finding ways
to better balance their profession with their lives.
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By Marcia Layton Turner
Family physicians Les Wilson and Vicki
Erwin-Wilson schedule their practice to accommodate their
family.
Photo ©2006 Susan Stripling
Departments
finding the win-win
By Mollie Vento Hudson
legal matters
Many physicians are not getting the
advice they should from their professional advisers. See if
you’re among them and how to remedy the problem. By David B. Mandell, JD, MBA
malpractice guide
Learn from these three vignettes how to
avoid costly mistakes in the purchase of malpractice insurance.
By richard vento
marketing minute
A public relations firm can improve your
practice’s image in the community. You can do it
yourself, but the skills of a professional may be well worth
the investment.
By julie silver md
community profile
Dynamic Dallas
The young, energetic
Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex offers medical prestige and a
vibrant lifestyle to go with it.
By julie sturgeon.
Remarks
Personality Profiling Understanding your
employees’ personalities—and your own—can
help you manage your practice effectively.
By Scott Beckett
