MedCity News August 23, 2024
Digital tools are producing a more efficient patient-centered system. Practices tuned in to the new digital world operate more smoothly, deliver higher-quality care, and allow payers to manage costs and risks more effectively.
Can you imagine if you were shopping online and placing an order took eight hours? What if your order took 26 days to arrive? Sadly, this is the current state of many Americans’ struggle to schedule a doctor’s appointment. We, as physicians, can do better.
Americans are spending an average of eight hours a month managing their healthcare and are waiting 26 days to see a new doctor in many big cities. In 2020, nearly 44 percent of adults in the United States said they skipped or...