Healthcare It News

APRIL 15, 2024

Primary care physicians are the heart of healthcare delivery in the United States. Virtual primary care, experts say, can address challenges in traditional care by filling existing care gaps and offering various benefits to healthcare organizations, providers and patients.

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Healthcare Success

MAY 31, 2022

It is well-established that longer patient wait times negatively impact patient satisfaction , specifically regarding patient confidence (in the provider) and perceived quality of care. With recent advancements in technology and an explosion of non-urgent care options (e.g.,

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Private Practices Patient Experience Urgent Care Telemedicine 246

Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

In the Fear of Going Out Era spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients were loath to go to the doctor’s office for medical care, and even less keen on entering a hospital clinic’s doors. Quality of care not as good as in-person (among 67% of older people). 24% had privacy concerns.

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Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

in any one’s definition of value-based health care — most especially, a consumer’s. Out-of-pocket healthcare costs rank top (for 41% of people), followed by affordable health insurance options (39%), cost of health insurance premiums (36%), cost of hospital care (30%), and cost of prescription drugs (29%).

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Urgent Care Healthcare Primary Care Quality of Care 118

Health Populi

MAY 10, 2022

That’s an important behavior change to take into future planning for primary care services targeted to older peoples’ chronic care management and remote health monitoring. The top barrier to using telehealth for people 50+ are concerns about the quality of care not being on-par with in-person visits to doctors.

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Health Populi

JULY 10, 2020

As a sign of satisfaction, 70% of consumers would be likely (very or extremely) to recommend virtual care to friends or colleagues. Among satisfaction deflectors were perceived quality of care, an impersonal experience, and technical issues.

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Urgent Care Primary Care Doctors Quality of Care 111

Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

” Health Populi’s Hot Points: “Complementing in-person care,” as Christopher Lis coins it, translates to the curation and construction of omni-channel health care services.

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