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Category: Primary Care
Docs Spend Too Much Time Behind a Computer
For years, the US has worked toward fully integrating electronic health records (EHRs) into healthcare systems in order to improve outcomes, quality of care, and cost-effectiveness, otherwise known as the Triple Aim. However, from physicians’ anecdotal experiences with EHRs, they Continue Reading …
Low Cost Doctors Save Patients $26 per Visit
In the increasingly competitive market that defines the nation’s health care system, a recent study examined how price transparency for the cost of outpatient physician office visits could potentially lower rising health care costs. The study found significant price variation Continue Reading …
Appointments in 2 Weeks or Less for Newly Insured
Many pundits and policy analysts were concerned that by expanding Medicaid, primary care capacity might be exceeded thus leading to longer wait times. That concern is one reason why the provided parity in payment between Medicare and Medicaid at the Continue Reading …
Why Physician Assistants don’t do Primary Care
As increasing proportions of the population now have coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the primary care physician shortage has become increasingly concerning. Concepts such as team-based care and value-based performance require comprehensive services and management of patient outcomes. Physician Continue Reading …
Will direct primary care bring joy back to medicine
More than half of physicians report at least one symptom of burnout. This is much higher than in the general population. The major factors of physician satisfaction involve perceived obstacles to providing high-quality care such as unsupportive practice leadership or Continue Reading …