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Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
Practices with after-hours access can prevent patients from seeking emergency care and meet patients’ needs. With various care models being evaluated to improve access to health care while simultaneously decreasing the cost of care, a recent article examines how after-hours Continue Reading …
Continuity of care in resident clinics
Clinicians, policy makers, and the literature agree that continuity of care is ideal for a healthy America. How well do teaching hospital clinics, which often have a revolving door of resident physicians, perform on this and quality? Teaching hospitals are Continue Reading …
Hitting the Jackpot
Some physicians will make over 7 times what the average college dropout will earn over a lifetime. Even within medicine there are significant differences in lifetime earnings between primary care, surgery, and specialty care. With the recent Powerball lottery jackpot Continue Reading …
Hospital Consolidation leads to Higher Prices
Hospital consolidation occurs in some regions to form strong alliances with which to negotiate better payments from insurers. The ideal of consolidation leading to streamlined care and improved quality remains elusive. The latest Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Synthesis Project discusses Continue Reading …
Patient-Centered Medical Homes
The concept of the medical home is an old one, developed in the 1960s for the pediatric population, but lately has grown in popularity. It hopes to provide for patients comprehensive, coordinated care for the whole person. Patient-centered medical home Continue Reading …
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