Here are the best practitioners around the Main Line and western suburbs.
Visiting your doctor and asking the right questions may go a long way toward preventing disease. Learn what experts recommend for optimal men’s health.
When patients have to go to the hospital, they're likely to choose a facility that employs their doctor, a new study suggests. The study, which finds that patients of independent doctors often choose low-cost and high-quality hospitals, hints that not all organizations are successfully integrating care.
Online records, video visits and smartphone medicine transform the traditional office appointment.
In a survey of physicians, overhauling electronic health record systems led the list of recommendations for decreasing dissatisfaction and burnout.
Electronic health records and digital clerical work are strongly linked to burnout
New info about birth control and depression shouldn't freak you out — it's just a reminder to check in with your doc.
With federal incentives to go electronic expiring this year, many wonder what can be done to reach physicians who still rely on paper.
American physicians are increasingly unhappy with their once-vaunted profession, and that malaise is bad for their patients. But physicians can still save themselves—and us too
Big insurance companies are opening their own doctors' offices and clinics — a strategy that has previously met with mixed results.
As I watched him go, one thing became clear: Having read that document, I suddenly felt a lot less discouraged.
Chances are that your doctor feels like a glorified data entry clerk.
Medical bills are one of the biggest sources of financial pain for consumers, with visits often costing anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars.
Social media can be a powerful tool for engaging and educating patients, but it comes with liability risks. Help protect yourself and your practice by review...
Often patients undergo procedures without real informed consent being achieved due to technical language, jargon and time pressure, with up to half of patients finding it difficult to understand what their doctor tells them. Now a group of Australian doctors has prepared patients for surgery using iPads, and found that patients' understanding was much better than after a face-to-face consultation.
The truth is that we cannot really blame the doctors. Frankly, they did not know better.
What's the difference between a doula, a midwife and an OB-GYN and what can they do for you and your baby? We break it down.
Doctors are trained in healthcare, not in medical billing. There are medical offices that have lost hundreds of thousands due to poor business practices.
How much you smoke, drink, eat, exercise and whether you use protection during sex or while out in the sun matters. Doctors weigh in on what matters most.