We always strive to provide a safe healthcare to patients. The focus for most governments is to ensure that patients get access to better healthcare easily, without having long wait times. Additionally, the focus remains on nursing care and doctors themselves, to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment. However, there is…

Doctors are Working as Contractors, But There’s a Better Option According to a staffing firm that helps physicians work as hourly contractors instead of getting a full-time job, the number of doctors now working as freelancers has doubled since 2002 to 48,000. …

America’s healthcare system is dysfunctional, and consumers pay t much for the care that has become more commoditized than it is personalized. At the same time, general practitioners and specialists are making more in this country than they are almost anywhere else in the world, newly published research has found. …

Blockchain isn’t just about Bitcoins. Or bank transfers. It’s about patient safety as well. In spite of huge investments and spending trillion of dollars, we haven’t been able to develop an efficient delivery healthcare and medical treatment. …

The number of ambulatory surgery centers is rising steadily, but so is the patient mortality rate. Ambulatory surgery centers offer a less costly healthcare delivery model and are a source of revenue. But they are also bureaucracies rife with office politics. Hospital operating rooms are busy, overcrowded and the cost…

Doctors who want their independence should be able to keep it, and putting the right tools in their hands is the way to make that happen. — When the Affordable Care Act was passed into law, independent physicians said the new policy would be devastating to doctors who want to keep the autonomy that many have to give up if they join managed-care systems. A lot has happened since the U.S. Congress signed ACA into law seven…

Are Americans satisfied with the quality of healthcare they receive? Are people getting enough time with their doctors, and getting the best possible treatment plan? How happy is the American healthcare consumer? The question of patient satisfaction has never been as important as it is today. The country is remaking…

The Affordable Care Act was meant to improve the quality of healthcare in our country. But Americans who depend on independent medical practices to provide affordable care and offer a genuine doctor-patient relationship will find their healthcare quality eroding, becoming more expensive as it becomes less personal. New healthcare laws…

Hospitals and health networks have been buying up independent medical practices at an accelerated pace in recent years, according to recent research published in the industry journal Health Affairs. There have been so many such mergers that in some communities, manage care systems are on the verge of having a…

The profession of physicians relies on habits that they have created. Based on the habit they have formed cultures and hired staff that aligns with their culture. Every day, the physician and the staff rely on those habits to go through their daily routine. Habits are difficult to change and…

Point of care systems used by medical professionals document every aspect of a healthcare delivery episode and have moved from being a…