Retail clinics were designed to make healthcare more efficient and cost-effective when compared with emergency departments, but a new Health Affairs study featured in Medical Xpress shows retail clinics may actually increase healthcare spending.
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Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare piloted a program aimed at reducing EHR clicks via a customized workflow to make technology more efficient, thus giving physicians more time to interact with patients, according to Physician's Money Digest.
Removing restrictions on medical residents' duty hours may negatively impact physicians who are parents, according to The Atlantic. Pediatrician Phoebe Danziger, MD, shared her thoughts.
OrthoAtlanta opened OrthoAtlanta Piedmont West in Atlanta.
During 2015 and early 2016, more than 8,000 physicians were matched to fellowship positions through the National Resident Matching Program's Specialties Matching Service, according to a new report.
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Decreasing reimbursements for spine surgeons and maintaining workflow efficiency are concerns in a changing payer environment. Spine surgeons are looking to overcome lower reimbursements and collect revenue by using skilled billers and coders while keeping costs down. Here are four…
Although many consumers understand technology's benefits, others have voiced concerns about how large a role it should play in healthcare, according to Deloitte.
Researchers from the University of Toronto Department of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based Mount Sinai Hospital and Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University, predict the healthcare industry will witness a disruption similar to Uber entering the taxi industry, according to Medscape.
Waste in healthcare is a big issue for providers today, costing billions of dollars per year. In 2011, the United States healthcare expenditure totaled $2.7 trillion, according to an infographic from Eye for Pharma.
Carilion Clinic opened a new $32 million location for its Institute for Orthopaedics and Neurosciences in January. The new 116,000 square-foot building includes 125 patient exam rooms, nine procedure rooms and the capacity for eight diagnostic imaging rooms. But the…