Balancing empathy and authority is key for medical leaders. This article explores emotional intelligence, boundaries, and strategies for effective leadership.

Discharges against medical advice (AMA) show high 30-day readmission rates. Provider practices, like capacity assessments and discharge planning, remain inconsistent.

Seanna Thompson, MD, shares a transformative experience involving an AI scribe in her OB-GYN practice. A patient felt violated by its presence during an exam, prompting reflection on AI's ethical, environmental, and trust implications in medicine. Dr...

Dr. Louis M. Profeta shares his journey in emergency medicine, reflections on societal challenges, writing career, and insights on physician resilience and medical education.

The AMA's 2027 CPT maternity care changes will shift coding, affecting provider compensation, staffing, and governance, requiring system-wide adjustments.

Susan Baker shares strategies to boost patient loyalty, emphasizing personalized care, feedback, social media, and teamwork while addressing service failures to enhance experiences.

Enhancing SMART goals with additional mnemonics ensures physician quality incentives are fair, achievable, and relevant, especially when compensation is at risk.

Strategic management in gastroenterology empowers physician leaders to tackle healthcare challenges like complexity and workforce demands. By aligning structured strategies with clinical goals, it enhances efficiency, care quality, and outcomes.

Raven Kinser’s tragic organ donation case highlights gaps in U.S. organ procurement policy, exposing the lack of a clear, binding system for opting out across state lines.

This study explored whether Flourishing Questions from The Human Flourishing Program align with Healthy Days, a population health measure. Using survey data, it found moderately negative but significant correlations, suggesting both measures assess s...

Primary care is under pressure as CMS expansions, Medicare Advantage requirements, and EMR demands overwhelm workflows, eroding trust, staff stability, and patient care. Redesign is vital for recovery.

Maternal mortality in the U.S. is rising, with Black women facing rates over three times higher than white women. This highlights systemic health failures and the need to prioritize maternal health as a core strategy. Healthcare leaders should focus ...