Merritt Hawkins, a physician recruiting firm, emailed its Survey of America’s Physicians to almost every U.S. physician with an email address listed in the American Medical Association’s Physician Master File. Merritt Hawkins received 8,774 survey responses.
Here are three other report findings:
1. When asked to what degree third-party authorizations, treatment protocols or EHR design adversely affect patient care, 33 percent of physicians said “a good deal” and 29 percent said “a great degree.” Only about 2 percent of physicians said these factors did not adversely affect patient care.
2. The report found 31 percent of physicians’ patients do not consistently adhere to their treatment plans.
3. Most physicians (88 percent) said some, many or all their patients have a social situation, such as poverty or unemployment, that presents a significant hindrance to their health.
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