65% of Physicians Believe the Current Healthcare Climate is Detrimental to Quality of Care

Most physicians feel that the current healthcare climate is not conducive to delivering high quality care, according to the “2013 Physician Sentiment Index,” by Epocrates and athenahealth.

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The report includes responses from 1,200 physicians, 30 percent of whom are primary care physicians and 76 percent of whom are specialists.

 

When asked what they believe the current healthcare climate’s influence on quality of care is, the respondents reported the following:

 

1. Somewhat or very conducive — 27 percent
2. Has no effect — 9 percent
3. Somewhat or very detrimental — 65 percent

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