This next generation of doctors isn't like us. And that's a good thing.

"Here are the keys; see ya!" doesn't cut it as a transition plan.

It's hard to initiate task-sharing. But once you do, you'll never go back.

I will be efficient. I will get along with my staff. I will read and study these mantras.

I'm no longer feeling mellow about the Yellow Pages after its colossal mistake.

Good associates are rarer than hen's teeth, so how do you attract them to your cozy practice and keep them?

Will the pressures of being a boss be balanced out by the joys of self-determination? Will you mind longer hours if you know you'll hold on to the financial rewards? These are the questions that can cause an eager associate to wake up late at night in a cold sweat.

Local veterinary hospitals refused to treat a dying dog—and not because they didn't have the skills or the client wouldn't pay.

Show those other cowpokes you're the most on-time doctor in these parts.