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14 Ways to Reduce Long Patient Wait Times

Healthcare Success

To further complicate matters, as healthcare consumers continue to prioritize patient experience, physicians are leaving private practices for hospitals and larger medical groups at an alarming rate. According to Avalere Health , nearly three in four doctors work for a hospital, health system, or corporate entity today.

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Rise of Retail Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities for Payers

HIT Consultant

Over the years, rural doctors who historically performed house calls have been replaced with regional physician groups and community hospitals that are owned and managed by large health systems with multiple locations. Nearly 70% of physicians now work for a corporate entity instead of private practices.

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Ethical Considerations in SBIRT: Balancing Confidentiality and Duty to Warn

Icanotes

Ethical considerations are best handled with prevention and preparation, rather than with reactivity and uncertainty. Similarly, some people may only be appropriate for screening and brief interventions with those recommendations offering enough assistance to eliminate the need for follow up care from another provider.(2) Frederick, R.

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50+ Shocking Physician Burnout Statistics You'll Never Believe

Etactics

96% of Medical Professionals Agree that Burnout is an Issue (NEJM Catalyst) Not only do doctors recognize this issue, but their executives and leaders agree. This chews up lots of time for physicians and prevents them from seeing more patients. This is true for doctors since one in four physicians will drink to cope with burnout.

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Back to the Future: Welcome to the Patient Centered Medical Home (Guest Post)

Health Dialog

There once was a time when if you got sick, you’d call the family doctor. The doctor would take care of you quickly and coordinate any additional care that you needed. In those days, your family doctor was a “home base” for all your medical needs. . It’s a new way to organize how a primary care office works.

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COVID-19 Lessons: A Path to a Better Health Care System

Accountable Care Doctors

In integrated medical practices, patients typically access their own doctor and care team — as opposed to an outside service — and benefit from advice that draws from the team’s knowledge of the patient’s history via a shared electronic medical record. Today, health care is a team sport.