Practice Management/CME

How one medical specialty society’s use of measures and reporting dramatically improved patient care
Fred H. Edwards, MD

The hospitalist model: How it benefits you and your patients
Laurence Wellikson, MD

The future of medical training: Back to basics in a new world
Lawrence G. Smith, MD

Medical humanism: Aphorisms from the bedside teachings and writings of Howard M. Shapiro
Robert E. Kravetz, MD

The Joint Commission: A new look at what it can do
Mark Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH

Are you missing out on the promise of EHRs to improve
patient care?
Richard Hellman, MD, FACP, FACE

So, how are EHRs working out for office practices?
Stephen Percell, MD and Vincent Bufalino, MD

Patient safety, quality of care, and physician professionalism:
Do these goals conflict?
Michael B. Grosso, MD, FAAP

AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program: Accelerated access to
decisive clinical information
Carolyn Clancy, MD

Medical errors: One lesson from outside healthcare

Thinking of buying an EHR system? A few things you need to know

Part 1: Measuring quality of performance: Where is it headed, and who is making the decisions?
Janet M. Corrigan, PhD; Helen Burstin, MD, MPH

Part 2: Measuring quality of performance: What’s in store for 2008 and beyond
Janet M. Corrigan, PhD; Helen Burstin, MD, MPH

PCPI: What you should know about Consortium performance measures
Karen Kmetik, PhD

Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, 2007: A “mid-term” perspective
Thomas B. Valuk, MD, JD

PQRI: Why I am not participating
Brian Bachelder, MD

How has the process been working out?

Pay-for-performance programs: Ethical questions and unintended consequences
Alan R. Nelson, MD, FACP