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Issue Date: December 15 2002

For Colorado Group, Gains Come Over Time
This article discusses how a 25-physician primary group practice in Colorado improved practice efficiency, reduced costs, and increased revenue. Specifically, it looks at how the practice converted to electronic medical records, changed to an open-access appointment system, and created care teams.

Nursing Shortage Needs to Be Addressed
This editorial discusses the relationship between the quality of care delivered to patients and the number of nurses delivering that care. It argues that more nurses are needed in the health care system and that creating more jobs with higher wages and greater responsibilities could help to keep qualified people in this profession.

Hospitalists Help Improve Quality
This article looks at how hospitalists programs are improving quality of care for patients, as well as offering physicians a new career option.

E-Prescribing: Rx for Safety, Accuracy
This article discusses e-prescribing; it argues that e-prescribing technology has the potential to help improve patient compliance, reduce medical errors, and make health care delivery more efficient, and thus less costly.

Health System Uses Technology, EMRs to Improve Efficiency, Patient Care
In this interview, John L. Haughom, MD, senior vice president for Health Care Improvement at PeaceHealth, in Bellevue, Wash., discusses the implementation of electronic medical records at PeaceHealth, as well as the implications of other new technologies (such as handheld personal digital assistants and voice recognition) to physician practice patterns.

Rheumatologist Finds Success in Multispecialty Group Practice
This article discusses how a rheumatologist in solo practice is partnering part-time with an orthopedics group and the benefits that accrue from this arrangement to the rheumatologist and to the group.

Mergers Bring Market Success
This article discusses how a large cardiology group has been able to thrive in the California managed care market.

Some Pursuing Alternative Careers
This article discusses why some physicians are choosing to leave medical practice by retiring or by seeking alternative careers.

Geographic Options for Specialists in Demand
This editorial outlines factors likely to contribute to the increasing need for specialists nationwide, especially among hospitals. It suggests that specialists who research the supply demand and salaries paid by hospitals in various regions "may soon have their pick of cities in which to practice."

Billing Systems Boost Cash Flow
This article discusses a number of features that physicians should look for when implementing an electronic billing system, including the electronic submission of claims, the ability to check patient eligibility online, and the ability to provide information physicians can use in their financial decisionmaking and strategic planning.