Community health centers and rural health clinics are not prepared to address the increased demand for primary care services and the larger patient loads ushered in by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a recent study published…
Integration & Physician Issues
Advanced practice clinicians, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants, order more imaging for diagnostic testing following evaluation and management office visits, according to a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
The array of in-network physicians insurers offer patients may be narrower than they seem, because the lists often include erroneous or out-of-date names or addresses, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal.
Consumers have used online review sites to inform their restaurant, hotel and flight purchasing decisions for years. Recent studies show consumers are also using online physicians reviews to search for new physicians more than ever before, with the use of…
Receipts totaled $825.7 billion for the 582,733 ambulatory healthcare services establishments in the U.S. in 2012, a significant 23.5 percent increase from 2007, according the U.S. Census Bureau's latest analysis.
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Lexington, Neb.-based Plum Creek Medicine Group resigned privileges at Lexington (Neb.) Regional Health Center last weekend due to deteriorating relations between physicians and the hospital, according to the North Platte Telegraph.
Physicians who form strong bonds with their patients find it more difficult to make objective care decisions, especially for young physicians in emotionally taxing specialties like oncology, according to a study from Sussex Health Outcomes Research and Education in Cancer.
The nonprofit Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston is teaming up with Franklin-Tenn.-based for-profit Capella Healthcare to form a new healthcare delivery network, according to Nashville Business Journal.
Gainsharing provides a stepping stone by beginning the process of getting physicians and hospitals to work together to successfully transition to value-based models.
The ED team model assigns a team of providers to a certain number of beds in a small geographic area of the department, allowing for increased collaboration among caregivers, improved overall efficiency and better patient satisfaction.