Practice Management

Doctor Curmudgeon Battles Paperwork

11 October 27, 2014

Doctor Curmudgeon has a lot "on her plate." Patients to see. Forms to fill out. Phone calls to make. Emergencies to ... More

+ October 22, 2014

by Linda M. Girgis, M.D., Family Practitioner Several recent articles called for increased transparency in doctors’ earnings a ... More

+ October 12, 2014

In recent polling, a full 75 percent of physicians favor a travel ban from West Africa until the Ebola outbreak is better ... More

+ October 12, 2014

A nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas, TX who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan has contracted Ebola according to local health ... More

2 October 3, 2014

As the Ebola contact list grows to more than 100 possible people in the Dallas area, the host family of the patient were ordered ... More

1 October 1, 2014

Public health officials in Dallas, TX suspect a second potential Ebola patient, closely related to the index patient. They are ... More

1 September 30, 2014

The first case of Ebola in the United States was diagnosed today in Dallas, Texas according to the Centers for Disease ... More

27 September 29, 2014

This week, the old Curmudgeon had a mental bloppo. I seemed to remember that great gentleman, Ben Franklin, saying something ... More

+ September 26, 2014

In this series, we have reviewed why one may want to become a clinical investigator, what one’s credentials should be, what on ... More

+ September 12, 2014

Sandeep Jauhar MD’s latest book, “Doctored,” touched a nerve in the Sermo community. Some physicians agreed with his bleak portra ... More