Smaller hospitals says it's a conflict of profit over treating populations needing access to the less-invasive TARV heart-valve procedure. Big hospitals say it's about volume and experience.
A study finds that seriously ill patients need special attention, instruction and a human touch when they are discharged from the hospital into other settings.
An investigation of outpatient centers finds a patchwork of state rules allows deaths to go unexamined and doctors exiled for misconduct to keep working.
An estimated $100 to 300 billion in the United States healthcare system has been attributed to patient nonadherence. Physicians need to change their approach to help their patients understand why healthcare costs are rising and what the patients can ...
This article discusses Lean Six Sigma and patient flow efficiency as ways large medical groups and small physician practices can enhance their clinic throughput and increase patient satisfaction.
This article discusses steps you can take to avoid HIPAA and customer service disasters, discourage embezzlement and fraud, and improve your front desk collections.
This article aims to create oral health awareness, explain how oral health issues have a catastrophic impact on the general health of elderly people, and stress the advantages of early assessments of oral health in the primary care setting.
This article examines the process of implementing an automated patient satisfaction survey within a busy specialty practice and outlines the recommendations for making the most of the data collected.
