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2007


Banishing the Aura
Practicing in the Media  
community profile  -  So Central Pennsylvania Towns
legal matters - Avoid General Partnerships  
Remarks -  Hospitalists increase hospital profitability
Vital stats -  2006 AMGA Physician Compensation



Health Care’s Safety Net - Community Health Centers
Moving Your Family - Tips to ensure a smooth transition
Does MD + MBA = Success and Happiness? 
community profile  - Piedmont Triad, North Carolina
legal matters - Beware of sign-on benefits  
Remarks -  Hospitals want to meet you off campus


 
WHEN FAITH AND MEDICINE CONFLICT
    Whose interest prevails?   
Six Secrets to finding and keeping great employees
community profile  - Wichita, Kansas
legal matters - Asset Protection  
Remarks -  Job Search Steps



SPECIAL REAL ESTATE ISSUE
Should You Own or Rent?  To Landlord or Not to Landlord?
Renovation Tips - Trading Spaces
Finance Your Project - Bucks for Bricks
community profile  - New Orleans, Louisiana
legal matters - E-possibilities   New guidelines just issued
Remarks - Need Help? Ask your patients.
 


THE CASE FOR RETENTION - Curb Costly Physician Turnover
BULLY-BUSTING BASICS - Stop Intimidating Behavior
community profile  - Dover, Delaware
PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT  - Pay For Performance Basics
malpractice guide - It’s Once Again a Buyer’s Market  
Remarks - Sage Advice from an Experienced Physician


 
FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE ACT - An Employer’s Conundrum
POWER RÉSUMÉS - Shine up your life — in 500 words or less
community profile  - Boulder, Colorado
PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT  - Make Employees Great
LEGAL MATTERS - A Practice of Your Own  
Remarks - The Key to Satisfaction
 
2004


Saving Troubled Physicians
The Battle Over Certificate of Need
Legal: Ethics Matters
COMMUNITY PROFILE:  Little Rock, Arkansas 

National Guard and Reserve Duty
Rescue Your Practice from a Disaster
policy: Bush & Kerry: Health Care
Legal: Be Security Rule Savvy
marketing:Market with Integrity
COMMUNITY PROFILE: Albuquerque NM

Ethics Audit
Hospital Medicine–The Next Great Specialty ?
Limited Family Partnerships
Canadian Health Care
COMMUNITY PROFILE: Duluth, MN

Hire a Great Colleague
Make Your Practice Thrive
HIPAA Update
Tort Reform Update
Be a Quiet Leader
COMMUNITY PROFILE: Savannah, GA

The Climb to Partnership
Get Your Book Published
Physician Employment Incentives  
MARKETING: Market with Good Manners
COMMUNITY PROFILE:  Northern Chicago, IL

Health Care for Immigrants
Boost Your Career with a New Gig
LEGAL:  Buying Life Insurance
POLICY: Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage


2003

SPECIAL MANAGING PEOPLE ISSUE  
Tending to Office Morale
Compute Payscales 
Preventing Employee Fraud
Policy Points:  Uninsured on the Rise Again

Embrace Confrontation
Medical Anthropology
Concierge Medicine
A Loyal Contingent
Managed-Care Metamorphosis

Getting Settled in a New Community
Airport Medicine Physician Practice Opportunity
LEGAL MATTERS:  Protecting Your Receivables
MALPRACTICE GUIDE:  Use a State-Guaranteed Malpractice Insurer

May/Jun 2003     TECHNOLOGY ISSUE
On-line Professional Networking  
On-line Degrees
Electronic Medical Records
Preventing Suicide

Geriatric Medicine - A Booming Need
Fund Raising
Facing a Malpractice Suit
Doctor Web Sites
Being an Expert Witness

Medicaid
Selling Products in Your Office
MARKETING MINUTE:  Market Your Medical Device
POLICY POINTS:  Resident Work Hours
REMARKS:  Direct Mail  


2002

MANAGING PEOPLE ISSUE
Harmonize with Administrators
Retain Hidden Treasure
POLICY  Physician Unions
LEGAL  A Trust may be in Your Future

Pain Control Medicine
A Rural Practice
Bartering Your Services
Prepare for HIPAA
Parts of a Med-Mal Policy
Medicare Rate Cuts
Brand Yourself

Culturally Sensitive Care
Correctional Medicine
Malpractice Guide
Skyrocketing Health Care Costs
More Estate Planning

PHYSICIAN COMPENSATION ISSUE
Incentives
Pay Trends
Smart Negotiating
Buying In and Buying Out
Employee Motivation

The Nursing Shortage
Boutique Clinics
Captive Insurance Companies
CDC & States’ Public Health
Senior Patients

Diversity in Medicine
Volunteering Docs
Medicine FightsTerrorism
Asset Protection
Compensation Survey
Creating Buzz


2001

MANAGING PEOPLE ISSUE
Terminations
Performance Reviews
References + Retirement Funds
Strategic Planning

On-Line CME
Sports Medicine
The Informed Patient
Negotiating
Patient Privacy

Doctors and Nurse Practitioners
Doctor-Lawyers
Tax Breaks
Cloning
Managing Time

MALPRACTICE special ISSUE
Handling a Suit
Insurance
Organ Allocation
Waiting Rooms

Peer Review
Women in Medicine
Your Kids College Saving
Nat’l Data Bank
Public Speaking

Freedom from HMOs
Practicing After A Disability
Recruitment Incentives
Patients’ Rights


2000

MANAGING PEOPLE ISSUE
Communication
Nonverbal Cues
Hiring Smart
Gift Giving
Benefits

Passion in Medicine
The New Millennium
Clinical Trials
OIG Guidelines
Marketing in Print

Workplace Violence
Interview Preparation
Buy-ins
Building Networks

PRACTICE SURVIVAL ISSUE:
Time Management
Re-engineer Delegating
Medicare Drug Plans

Informed Consent
Women’s Health Centers
OIG Advice
Patient Safety
Personal Impressions

Taking on Managed Care
Political Doctors
Buying and Selling Practices
Pain Legislation
2006


THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE - Hold on to your stethoscope
in their footsteps - Doctors practicing with their parents
community profile  - Norfolk, Virginia
marketing minute  - Shoestring Marketing
vital stats - 2006 AMGA Compensation Survey  
Remarks - Practice Innovation  

AVOID A TOXIC BOSS - Listen for clues in the interview
malpractice arbitration -   Teaching
creative scheduling - The  
community profile  - Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex
LEGAL MATTERS  - Are you getting flawed advice?
marketing minute  - To PR or not to PR
malpractice minute  -   to PR
Remarks - Personality profiling  

WHEEL OF FORTUNE - Shortages give physicians an edge
Communication - The Key to Effective Teaching
community profile  - Grand Rapids
Policy Points  - Health Reform Needed
Remarks - Something’s Gotta Give with physician salaries

FEDERAL PHYSICIANS- Meet doctors who work for Uncle Sam
House Call of the 21st Century - Retirement Communities
Its a Laughing Matter  - Fill your practice with humor
Legal Matters  - New HIPAA rule enforcer
Remarks - Physician-centered practice focuses on patient

Staying On Schedule - Tips for keeping on task and on time
Doctor Come-Lately  - Medicine as a Second Career
Malpractice Guide - Do It Yourself Insurance, Part II
Remarks - The Top Ten Time Thieves
Community Profile on PORTLAND, MAINE

New Generation of Leaders Working together—regardless of age
Make Connections On Line  Use professional networking sites
Pandemic preparations - Is the U.S. ready for Avian Influenza?
Book Excerpt:  Communication Skills that Heal .By Barry Bub MD
Profile on MIAMI, FLORIDA
 

2005

Create Your Own Position - Your talents & passions are key
Unemployed! -The good and bad consequences
Moonlighting - Contract and Insurance Provisions
Do It Yourself Malpractice Insurance
This Emergency Physician’s Six Favorite Words.
Profile on ALASKA

Should You Grow Your Practice?  
Are You a Bad Boss?
Big League Medicine (humor)
A Business-Savvy Reading List
Marketing: Here’s Your Marketing Black Bag
Policy:  Improving Patient Safety
One Recruiter speaks on the upcoming Physician Shortage 
Vital Stats: 2005 Physician Compensation Survey
Profile on CLEVELAND, Ohio

The Job Quest - Easing the stress of your next search
Bariatricians Battle the Obesity Epidemic
Legal: New Retirement Options You May Not Know About  
Marketing: Get Unwired with Communication
Policy:  Federal and State Quality Incentives   
REMARKS:  Putting Trust Back into Healthcare   
Vital Stats:  Climbing Compensation Offers

Happiness - Can Physicians Still Find it at Work?
Women MDs - Do They Get Equal Respect?
Legal: Simple Answers for Asset Protection
Marketing: Goals to Keep Your Practice Focused  
Malpractice: How to be a Good “Insured”
REMARKS:  Play Fair with Sports Talk, Says One Plastic Surgeon
COMMUNITY PROFILE:  
Lincoln, Nebraska

Unpaid Claims - How Prompt Payment Laws Can Help
Pharmaceutical Reps and Physicians 
Legal:  Non-competition Covenant Conflicts
marketing:  Marketing for a Good Cause
Policy:  Residents’ Working Hours
REMARKS: Spotting a Drug-Seeking Patient

How to Discharge a Patient
When Your Patients Don’t Speak English
Legal: Non-compete Clauses
marketing: Power of Women
COMMUNITY PROFILE:  Cumberland, Maryland

JOB SEARCH 101  The trick is finding the job that’s right for you.
DO A SITE VISIT RIGHT Tips for making the most of this important step   
legal matters - Get Your Own Bailout  Recover your investment losses  
Non-clinical careers - Avoid these mistakes when transitioning
COMMUNITY PROFILE - Charleston, NC - The best of two worlds
Remarks -  Sacrifice as a Career Booster  BY DAVID WITTE
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The Whole Truth  Should you serve as an Expert Witness?
Endangered No More  House Calls are making a comeback   
legal matters - The ABCs of CICs  Captive insurance companies  
tech notes - Wearable Techno Gadgets   David Geer
COMMUNITY PROFILE - Riverside, California
Remarks -  Science / Art of Finding Your Best Job  BRETT WALKER
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SUSTAINABLE MEDICINE  Good for you and for business
Quick Leap to Chief of Staff  Young physicians in leadership roles   
legal matters - Asset Protection  Most effective ways are surprising  
YOUR VOICE - Where Expectations Meet Frustration  Pamela McKemie
COMMUNITY PROFILE - Upper Valley of NH and VT
vital stats - Compensation Flat / Pay for Women Physicians  
Remarks -  Wanted: Rural Physicians  TIM SKINNER
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EMPLOYMENT– The Sequel  What’s New and What’s Not
Single Doc Seeks Efficient Practice  Office automation pioneers  
Right– Wrong First Impressions  Steps to patch things up 
legal matters - Administrative Duties  Preparation is the key  
LAUGH LINES - Lawyers Rule; Doctor’s Drool  BY JIM SILVER
Remarks -  Immigration Carrot & Stick  BY ROBERT D ARONSON
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The Picture of Health Care  Four Experts Offer Solutions
Psychological Symbiosis  Behavioral Health in Primary Care   
community profile  -  UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN
legal matters - Tax Saving Ideas  Plan now for next April 15  
TECH NOTES - Ready, Set, Go Live  One office implements EHR  
Remarks -  The Lawsuit Antidote  BY JEFFREY SEGAL, MD
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Trapped by Appearance of Wealth  Avoid financial pressures  
Palliative Care Medicine  This growing specialty meets many needs
community profile  -  Nogales, Arizona
legal matters - Sell Your Practice for Millions  
Practical Mgmt - Reality Check for Joining a Group  
Remarks -  Integrative Medicine BY JAMES HOLLEMAN, MD
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Mistakes Physicians Make with Recruiters
Missions of Mercy
On the Trail to Enchantment  
community profile  -  Billings, Montana
legal matters - New Year’s Resolutions  
Practical Mgmt - Communication, Courtesy, Respect  
Remarks - Habits of Likeable People  BY VICTOR M PARACHIN
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Going Home
Today I went to the funeral of an 86-year-old man who lived around the corner—a man who had been inconvenienced by prostate cancer and bone cancer, then slowed by a stroke; his routines altered by Parkinson’s disease, his life ultimately changed by Alzheimer’s.
This gracious gentleman, who graduated from Harvard, worked for 35 years as an engineer. He also turned his avocation of fly fishing into a successful business and raised seven children with his wife of 60 years. He couldn’t remember how he knew me the last couple of years, but he still managed to beat me in five straight games of Chinese checkers just before Thanksgiving. We first met nearly 30 years ago when he was part of the selection committee of our local Rotary Club that eventually sponsored me as an exchange student to New Zealand. This experience was life-changing for me—as I suspect the program intends—and I remain in contact with some of my friends and host families to this day. Thanks in no small part to this gentleman, when I land in Auckland, I’m not a visitor, I’ve come home.
Our feature articles this issue are about coming—or finding—home as well. In “You Can Go Home Again,” first-time UO contributor Deb Kincaid profiles four physicians who returned to their roots and found not only employment but a soul-satisfying way of giving back to their communities. These clinicians didn’t take the easy way out and simply return to familiar territory. Each doctor answered a unique calling and has faced—or continues to face—considerable obstacles in his or her everyday practice. Link to their stories, from the contents page.
If you’re not going home for your job, then you’re looking to make a home somewhere else. The decisions about starting the search for your first practice can be overwhelming, and if you don’t take a critical self-assessment prior to leaping into answering ads or taking phone calls, you’re headed for disaster. Writer Jon VanZile takes you step-by-step through the sometimes daunting prospect of getting started on the job hunt in “Tailor Your Search.”
Whether you’re headed to your original home, an adopted one, or looking for a place to make home, I hope you’ll take us along on the ride.                                    
—Mollie Vento Hudson
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Editor’s Note  [ Mar/Apr 2009 ]    By Mollie Hudson
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