A single cyberattack could cost your practice $10 million, or shut it down completely. That’s just one of the threats healthcare providers are facing today, and Long Island plastic surgeon Dr. Mark Epstein is sharing simple ways to protect your practice, from strong passwords and staff training to cloud backups and cyber insurance.

Early in 2020, Baltimore plastic surgeon Dr. Carrie Houssock became the owner of a retiring plastic surgeon’s practice. Until that day, the practice was still using paper charts.

System notifications are incredibly valuable in patient safety. Automated alerts warn humans — who may get tired, overwhelmed, or distracted — that something is not right, before a disaster occurs.

When you’re opening a med spa, the medical director is one of the most critical hires you will make.

Since Dr. Tiffany McCormack began her practice with just a few employees, she’s grown into a full team offering everything from lasers and injectables to vaginal rejuvenation in a 12,000-square-foot facility featuring a surgery center and a medical spa.

Every practice has them — those quiet, often overlooked moments right before the consultation begins. The patient is seated. The provider isn’t in the room yet. Maybe they’re scrolling through their phone. Maybe they’re glancing around. We call these “The Golden Minutes,” and if you’re not using them intentionally, you’re leaving money on the table.

Interoperability is critical for healthcare practices in 2025. It’s how information systems, devices, and applications securely connect to share data.

Abbreviations can seem like a real gift in a healthcare practice, where many of the words you commonly use are long and the time to add them to the notes is short. But without some kind of standard policy for their use, abbreviations can lead to confusion and even to dangerous medical errors.