iPhone/iPod Touch users, download our new FREE app, PracticeRx by Doctor’s Digest... the Essential Mobile Medical Practice Tool Delivering Real-time Critical Medication Alerts of National Importance and the Latest Medication Safety and Practice Management Tips from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) and Doctor’s Digest.

You will need to re-install our new PracticeRx by Doctor’s Digest App, which is now appearing in the Apple® iTunes store. Click here.

This App provides four practice management tools

• Doctor’s Digest and ISMP Essential Practice Tips, with links to free ISMP medication safety material and the archive of back issues of Doctor's Digest. Tips will be uploaded twice weekly and are based on cutting-edge information from over 1,400 thought leaders and experts from the Doctor's Digest practice management medical journal and the latest medication safety expertise from ISMP.
• Doctor’s Digest Money Matters - Opt-in for free subscription to this e-newsletter containing Personal Financial Tips for physicians from leading experts
• MERP - Medication Errors Reporting Program - A direct link to a HIPAA-compliant error reporting form from ISMP with three options right from this app: NOW report errors via one-touch direct dial directly to ISMP, leave a voice-recording, or complete a HIPAA-compliant form.
• ISMP - MedSafety Alerts—Audio Alert accompaniment of urgent drug alerts in real time.

Our New PracticeRx by Doctor’s Digest Application has the busy physician in mind:

• “By Topics” listing so you can view tips by subject.
• “Unread” icon to keep track of tips you have already read, plus push technology to alert you when new tips are uploaded.
• Search capability to pinpoint exactly what you need.
• Enhanced graphics and easy-to-read layout.
• Registration requires specialty designation only.
• Bookmark tips for easy reference
• Opt-in for FREE e-subscription to Doctor’s Digest and FREE quarterly Doctor’s Digest - Money Matters with information on investing, loan reduction, retirement planning and so much more!
• Text, Audio and Video format

Link to in-depth information on the same or other practice-management topics at http://www.doctorsdigest.net, where you can get instant access to any of our issues, use our Key Word Search to pinpoint information you need, search our e-library of the 30+ single-topic reference manuals, access our five-minute Fast Facts Podcasts in audio and print format, or view our videos narrated by key opinion leaders.

The Doctor’s Channel (www.thedoctorschannel.com), the "educational YouTube" for doctors, brings you two-minute videos based on practice management and clinical content from Doctor’s Digest.



Consumer-driven Healthcare

Paying Healthcare Bills B. Dale Magee, MD, Immediate Past President of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Practice, discusses a growing trend in which patients are asked to take a greater role in choosing and paying for their healthcare services. Click to view video

Evidence-based Medicine

	Evidence-based Databases in Medicine Charles Young, MD, Editor, BMJ Clinical Evidence, Editor in Chief, BMJ In Practice, discusses evidence based information in medicine. Click to view video
	More on Evidence-based Databases in Medicine Charles Young, MD, Editor, BMJ Clinical Evidence, Editor in Chief, BMJ In Practice, discusses evidence based information in medicine. Click to view video

Advice for Physicians on Personal & Professional Growth

	Working Part Time Patrick C. Alguire, MD, FACP, Director, Education and Career Development, American College of Physicians, discusses recommendations on how physicians can work part time. Click to view video
	Avoiding Burnout Patrick C. Alguire, MD, FACP, Director, Education and Career Development, American College of Physicians, discusses how physicians can try avoiding burnout. Click to view video
	Discovering One’s Purpose Peter S. Moskowitz, MD, Executive Director and Career and Life Coach for medical professionals at the Center for Professional and Personal Renewal, Clinical Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, gives advice to physicians on personal and professional growth. Click to view video

In response to physician demand, we are happy to announce that we have launched a new financial e-newsletter, Doctor’s Digest-Money Matters exclusively for physicians registered for PracticeRx by Doctor’s Digest, the FREE iPhone/iPod Touch App., and for our Doctor’s Digest print and e-subscribers. This quarterly e-newsletter will cover personal financial advice for physicians.

Spring 2010
•  Why You Should Consider Switching to Roth IRAs Now
•  Better Deals on PLUS Loans
•  Greater Tax Deductions for Medical Equipment
•  Take a Longer Look at Short Sales
•  How to Pay an Advisor
•  Be Flexible With Portfolio Withdrawals