20 minutes is the magic number for patient wait times
Physicians, beware: If you're making patients wait more than 20 minutes before seeing you for an appointment, you could be at-risk of losing those patients.read more
View ArticleIf doctors know how much tests cost, will they order fewer of them?
A new study in JAMA Internal Medicine by researchers from Johns Hopkins University suggests that that number could be reduced - at least a little bit - by making physicians aware of the cost of each...
View ArticleWhy EHRs could increase health costs
Doctors who are fed up with the state of today's electronic health records technology have some new friends in a group of six Republican senators.read more
View ArticleWhy has health cost growth slowed so much? It's the economy, stupid
The good news: Health cost growth has slowed down so much in recent years that it's increased at the lowest rate since the government began tracking it 50 years ago.read more
View ArticleWhy Epic's market dominance could stifle EHR and health IT innovation
Epic has attracted several notable critics, who warn that its market dominance could have harmful effects on the future of health information technology, EHRs and even patient care. Worse, these...
View ArticleCould a patient-centered change to Medicare's injectable drugs policy save...
Changing Medicare's policy to permit patients to self-administer injectable drugs in their homes could create "substantial savings" without inhibiting patient safety or treatment effectiveness,...
View ArticleWhy aren't primary care physicians more ticked off about the RUC?
If primary care physicians have a bigger enemy than the RUC, Brian Klepper, hasn't heard about it.read more
View ArticleFirst-year primary care compensation stands at $180k, survey finds
A new report shows that median first-year guaranteed compensation for primary care physicians rose about 3% last year to $180,000.read more
View ArticlePrimary care least likely to receive industry payments, Massachusetts study...
Primary care was among the specialties least likely to receive payments from the medical device and pharmaceutical industries, according to an analysis of Massachusetts' records of industry financial...
View Article44% of eligible providers have received EHR incentive payments
Forty-four percent of the nation's eligible providers have received electronic health records incentive payments from the federal government, according to CMS.read more
View ArticlePrimary care physicians generate more revenue for hospitals than specialists
A new survey that shows a "seismic shift" in medicine provides primary care physicians with a strong argument that they should be compensated more generously by hospitals.read more
View ArticleAging physicians should be required to undergo competency and health...
Beginning at the age of 70, physicians' physical health, mental health and cognition skills should be evaluated to determine whether they should continue practicing medicine, according to a paper...
View ArticleWhy accountable care organizations are like vegan barbecue
Health policy analyst Jeff Goldsmith talks about why it’ll take more than just higher compensation to relieve the primary care shortage, what needs to happen for direct primary care to take off and why...
View ArticleNearly 60% of physicians don't use mobile technology for clinical purposes
A 613-physician survey from consulting firm Deloitte found that 57% of physicians do not use mobile technology for clinical purposes, such as accessing electronic health records, e-prescribing or...
View ArticlePrimary care physicians, nurses hold widely different views of NPs' quality...
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed how difficult it's likely to be to significantly expand nurse practioners' (NPs) scope of practice. The study, which was led by a...
View ArticleMost patient education materials suffer from lack of readability, study says
Patient education materials from 16 major medical societies all suffer from a lack of readability, making them difficult for patients to comprehend and potentially contributing to poor health literacy,...
View ArticleWho says the independent practice is dead? 58% of physicians don't want to sell
A new survey of 2.094 physicians who own their own practices found that 58% are not looking to sell. Just 11% said they're looking to sell, while 10% had already soldread more
View ArticleHow medical schools consistently cover up their primary care failures
It's called the "dean's lie," and Andrew Morris-Singer, MD, and his nonprofit advocacy group Primary Care Progress are out to expose this fallacy that gives Americans a false sense of security that the...
View ArticleNearly one-third of practices want to replace their EHRs, study finds
More than 31% of medical practices in a recent survey say they're replacing their old electronic health records systems with new ones, citing dissatisfaction as the most frequent reason behind the...
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