Here are five takeaways:
1. Patients generally need to wait 18.5 days before they can get an appointment to see a physician.
2. Eventually, 42 percent of patients will decide to skip their appointments during this period.
3. The most significant challenge patients face today is their ability to access their providers when they need them.
4. Approximately 23 percent of patients do not show up for their appointment unless they are proactively reminded.
5. A popular solution, double-booking, while it increases access for patients, it can also lead to clinician overtime and patient frustration with longer wait times.
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