As more practices rush to adopt electronic health records, they could find themselves caught up in the excitement and not properly securing the data.

The equity in a medical practice can often depend on whom you intend to sell the practice. For instance, there's a difference between what your practice is worth on the open market and how much is it worth on liquidation and dissolution.

Team-based care is more than employing nurses, PAs and other practitioners in the field. It has to be a coordinated effort among all the health care players to provide a plan of care specific to a given patient.

Whether through home-based monitoring devices or simple email and follow-up phone calls, it's easier than ever for physicians and patients to stay in contact with one another.