The movement of care from the inpatient setting and the rise of clinically integrated networks (CIN) have resulted in an increasing need to push the evaluation of physician quality into these new territories.
Physician practices remain "under threat" from severe financial strain from the coronavirus pandemic, a recent American Medical Association (AMA) survey shows.
Drops in patient volume and increases in costs for infection control such as personal protective equipment (PPE) have hit...
According to a recent report from the American Academy of PAs (AAPA), nearly two in three PAs (64%) reported using telemedicine in their practice in the month of June. This is a marked increase from the approximately one in 10 that reported using telemedicine in February. Of those who reported...
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating healthcare access issues for rural America, resulting in negative health consequences for people who haven't been able to get medical care when they need it.
Roughly one in four rural households (24%) said household members have been unable to get...
The percentage of older adults who had ever participated in a telehealth visit rose from 4% in May 2019 to 30% in June 2020, according to the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging. However, the poll also found that these patients still considered in-office visits more effective,...
