
At some point you may need to consider merging the practice into a hospital or larger group. Like all processses of growth, merging medical practices can involve risk and a certain amount of pain. Here's how to prepare yourself for the transition.

At some point you may need to consider merging the practice into a hospital or larger group. Like all processses of growth, merging medical practices can involve risk and a certain amount of pain. Here's how to prepare yourself for the transition.

Think of this legal expert's advice as your personal GPS for deftly navigating a maze of employment law challenges and preventing costly litigation.

To preserve or enhance your income, you need to master the local medical marketplace.



Questions this month have been answered by:Paul D. Burstein, MD, FACOG, USA, OBGYN.net Osteoporosis Editorial AdvisorMichael Kleerekoper, MB, BS, FACP, FACE, OBGYN.net Editorial Advisor

SMFM 27th Annual Meeting 2007

SMFM 27th Annual Meeting 2007

SMFM 27th Annual Meeting 2007

SMFM 27th Annual Meeting 2007

SMFM 27th Annual Meeting 2007

Only one in five women between the ages of 18 and 44 know their cholesterol level, despite the fact that cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease, the number one killer of women in the United States.

SMFM 27th Annual Meeting 2007

SMFM 27th Annual Meeting 2007

SMFM 27th Annual Meeting 2007

SMFM 27th Annual Meeting 2007

SMFM 27th Annual Meeting 2007

SGO Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer in San Diego from March 3-7, 2007

SGO Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer in San Diego from March 3-7, 2007

Our fee-for-service payment system drives up both physician and hospital costs because there's no free market for such services to restrain prices.

Observational studies and placebo-controlled clinical trials have both found that supplemental doses have a therapeutic effect in these patients.

Clinical situations that typically result in litigation and the variation in jury verdicts and awards across the nation.

The latest in medical products for obstetrics and gynecology

To guide health-care providers about the efficacy, safety, and role of local vaginal ET to treat vaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women, The North American Menopause Society has developed an evidence-based position statement.

Dr. Paidas believes LMWH is a reasonable option for certain women with FVL or PGM, while Dr. Dizon-Townson says WE need better data on benefit to justify cost and risk to the patient and health-care system.

To minimize risks like birth-related trauma and asphyxia, current management stresses early recognition via ultrasound-which allows for an attempt to correct the breech-and reliance on C/S before onset of labor.

To minimize risks like birth-related trauma and asphyxia, current management stresses early recognition via ultrasound-which allows for an attempt to correct the breech-and reliance on C/S before onset of labor.

An innovative approach to ob emergencies can make these unnerving episodes seem less like an avalanche and more like downhill skiing. One of the keys is replacing sequential with simultaneous activation of the ob team.

Although there are many advantages of solo practices, including total autonomy and not having to compromise in the practice's decisions or share in its successes, for me the disadvantages were much greater.