Telemedicine: Benefits and Challenges for Neurologists
Many physicians want it, many patients are asking for it. Here’s a look at the pros and cons-and the case for expanded coverage of telemedicine.
Telemedicine in Your Neurology Practice?
If you are thinking of adding telemedicine to your practice, here are the benefits-and things to consider.
Tips on Finding and Choosing a Mentor
Here are a number of compelling reasons to consider seeking out a mentor to help you with your neurology career.
Insights on Being a Mentor: What It Takes and What It Entails
Mentors might be older or younger than their mentees-it’s their experience that matters
Be Prepared: How to Give your Presentation
Unplanned and natural humor during your presentation tends to be more personal and helps to build relationships and community among the group.
Be Memorable: How to Craft your Presentation
Treat your talk like a mystery. “Present results so that each one clarifies the mystery and holds the audience’s focus as the presentation concludes.”
Conveying Difficult News to Patients: Part 2
One of the most important messages to give patients receiving bad news is that they will have an ongoing treatment relationship with their physician.
Conveying Difficult News to Patients: Part 1
Asking what the patient understands about his or her condition will set the stage for a more productive discussion.
Your Neurology Career: Setting Goals
Don’t let your career goals turn into forgotten New Year’s resolutions. We discuss mapping your path and staying on target.
Promote Your Practice: Various Marketing Strategies
In today’s intergenerational world, people obtain and retain information differently, so it’s important to promote your practice in a variety of ways.
Decreasing Patient Wait Times
Patients wait an average of 38 minutes-15 of them in the exam room-before being seen. And as wait times increase, patient satisfaction decreases.
Important Drug Approval for Parkinson Patients
Nuplazid, which the FDA designated as a breakthrough therapy and granted priority review, could help approximately 50% of Parkinson patients.