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Category: Workforce
Evidence for the Quadruple Aim
Concerns that physician burnout threatens the Triple Aim lead to a fourth aim. Continue Reading …
Blocked at the Front Desk
Health services scholars describe “access” as having 5 dimensions: availability, accessibility, affordability, acceptability, and accommodation. That means that even if patients can get insurance to pay for an appointment, make the appointment, get to the clinic, and see the appropriate Continue Reading …
The Deception of Debt Distribution
Though physicians frequently receive criticism about their annual salary, less attention is paid to the other side of the curtain. Many young physicians are burdened with hefty debts and end up paying off their education for decades. However, not all Continue Reading …
If You Build It, They Will Check In
As freestanding emergency departments (FSEDs) grow in number, so grows their financial impact on U.S. healthcare spending. A recent study analyzed the effect of FSEDs on Medicare expenditures while considering confounding economic variables present in the healthcare marketplace. Ultimately, the Continue Reading …
Like Cats and Dogs
Recent research does little to resolve the disagreement surrounding the scope to which nurse practitioners (NPs) may ply their trade without physician oversight. In full scope of practice states, NPs may perform relatively unrestricted primary care including ordering of diagnostic Continue Reading …
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