Advice to managers: 'Leave it better than you found it'
January 1st 2016From time to time I receive requests from a new manager or supervisor asking for any pearls of wisdom to help them as they begin their new role in the administrative field. They have the wide-eyed exuberance of youth, a child-like view at the practice they have been in for years and are now seeing for the first time with a “fresh snow” view: untouched, clean, white, gentle drifts of snow. Those of us who have been there realize they will soon see that what they are really looking at is end of winter: dirty snow and dreary, cloudy skies.
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Are ETFs the new mutual funds?
March 1st 2013Take-Home MessageInvestors are shifting assets to passively managed vehicles. For many, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have become the vehicle of choice. ETFs are investments that trade on exchanges, and are designed to mirror the performance of certain market indexes, so they tend to be passively managed.
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At issue: Financial, ethical concerns
January 1st 2012The advent of femtosecond laser technology for cataract surgery has resulted in myriad issues for ophthalmologists to face: the actual benefits of the laser versus the cost to patients, establishment of the patient share of the costs, associated financial risks for the practice and ambulatory surgery center, advertising, and patient satisfaction.
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