Staff News Writer

Physicians have a strong history of leadership within the community, from the days of house calls to standing as a guiding light in the storm of an epidemic to safely bringing new life into the world. When health concerns arise, the public turns to their doctors for answers. The new Leadership Skills Series provides practical training for practicing physicians. Get involved and improve your ability to lead.

A new report looking at physician employment by hospitals and health systems offers six new principles for physicians to consider when evaluating employment opportunities.

Entrepreneurs and health IT companies have poured billions of dollars into health innovations, but true innovation requires more than big money and ideas—it takes action and scalable implementation. Find out how physicians at the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation are creating new solutions to optimize patient care in their communities and homes.

As ever-increasing amounts of data impact how practices are evaluated and paid, one expert points to trends that every physician should follow.

With the release of a nearly 1,360-page final rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the policies that will govern physicians’ Medicare payments in 2016. From the comprehensive list of updates, we’ve identified five particularly noteworthy changes you should know.

As medical schools shift from time-based to competency-based curricula, portfolios have emerged as a progressive tool to assess student learning. Here’s how Vanderbilt University School of Medicine uses e-portfolios to transform students’ assessments, strengthen partnerships with faculty and track students’ progress as they advance in training.