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.

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.

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.

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