The world of family medicine is exciting, intellectually stimulating, professionally satisfying, and fun; but at times, it can be incredibly frustrating, challenging, and emotionally draining! My goal with this site is to offer some resources to help family physicians get the most out of their practice and out of their lives.

As a family doctor myself, in practice since 2003, I have been exposed to various practice settings and have been involved with Primary Care Redesign. Two of the most helpful tools and techniques that can revolutionize a practice, I've found, are Electronic Medical Records and Advanced Access. By implementing these two things alone, a practice can be transformed into one that is highly efficient, effective and more enjoyable to work in.

Unfortunately, there is a lot of confusion and unnecessary complexity surrounding these topics and I hope to clear them up so physicians can clearly see the incredible benefits that these two changes can offer. As a result, I have created a concise eBook outlining how to implement an EMR and plan on completing another on Advanced Access in the near future; both will plot out precise and practical ways to incorporate these into your practice.

I also will be making available some smaller items and resources that may not revolutionize your practice but can certainly help. Currently, we have a wellness poster that was developed for my waiting rooms and exam rooms. It outlines the key things that patients can do for themselves to maintain their health, and the feedback from my patients has been extremely gratifying.

There are also some exam room signs which politely explain one of the realities of family medicine—we can only deal with so many problems per visit. This little device has saved me innumerable questions, as patients know my policy and, more importantly, know why it exists.

I certainly don't have all the answers but I hope that, with these tools, physicians can find a way to start utilizing some proven techniques toimprove the care of their patients, increase the joy of their practice, and advance health care as a whole.