BUSINESSWeb sites proffer useful practice tipsPractice Management. By Julie A. Jacob, amednews staff. Dec. 24/31, 2001. Many physicians already use the Internet to access clinical information, but it's a good resource for practice management and business information, too. Dozens of Web sites offer useful tools, tips and articles to help you run your practices, including the AMA's own Web site. Steve Kmucha, MD, an otolaryngologist in Burlingame, Calif., in the state's Silicon Valley area, goes online everyday to find both clinical and practice management information. He said he finds both the AMA and California Medical Assn. Web sites especially useful. "I really need to keep up with things, and it's much easier to do it online than reading journals." Dr. Kmucha, who is in his early 40s, said most physicians he knows who are his age and younger use the Internet extensively to find information to help them run their practices. "Most everyone has a Palm Pilot, a cell phone, goes online, has a practice Web site and e-mails patients." The AMA's Clinical Practice Tools page has links to a variety of useful clinical practice tools, such as contract and office letter templates, coding information, HIPAA compliance resources, information on electronic medical records and handheld computers, and other tools and resources to help run a practice. Some of the information, however, is available only to AMA members. The Web pages for various AMA member groups also provide practice management information. For example, physicians who go to the AMA's Group Practice Physicians Web page can sign up for a free e-mail newsletter, Group Practice E-News, which includes articles on practice management issues. The Young Physicians Section's Web page also includes helpful information for physicians who are just starting out in practice, such as information on how to evaluate practice opportunities.
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