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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. Patient satisfaction, convenience, quality care, and brand loyalty are core to their business models.

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Physician Retention & Why It Matters With Douglas Farrago, MD | Ep. 39

Vie Healthcare

As Doug notes, ‘’ (hospitals) … are losing doctors and they keep worrying about recruiting…. The key factors that make up a great hospital environment, and the impact of the disappearing doctors’ lounge on physician retention. If you understand that, you have to understand some of the other reasons doctors are leaving.

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Physician Retention & Why It Matters With Douglas Farrago, MD | Ep. 39

Vie Healthcare

As Doug notes, ‘’ (hospitals) … are losing doctors and they keep worrying about recruiting…. The key factors that make up a great hospital environment, and the impact of the disappearing doctors’ lounge on physician retention. If you understand that, you have to understand some of the other reasons doctors are leaving.

Doctors 52
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Infusing Telehealth & Virtual Care Into Patient Care Plans With Thomas Foley | Ep.15

Vie Healthcare

Thomas is the Chief Growth Officer at GenieMD and host of The Virtual Shift: Reimagining the Delivery of Care. His expertise is virtual care. As Thomas asks, according to CDC data, patients only spend 15 hours in front of doctors in any given year, ‘’What happens to the other 8,745 hours?…

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Why It’s Time for Healthcare Organizations to Start Treating Patients Like Consumers

HIT Consultant

Patients realized that for many of their healthcare needs, they didn’t need to sit in a waiting room or try to find transportation only to have a five-minute interaction with a doctor or nurse. If they have phone and internet access, they can conveniently access care 24 hours a day, seven days a week.