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Doctor’s Failure to Follow Up on Medical Test Leads to Large Settlement

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for physicians to order tests and then fail to follow up on results — often due to the sheer volume of patients that the physician sees. In June of 2020, Dr P ordered a chest scan for the patient. That fall, in November 2020, Mr W had a telehealth appointment with Dr P.

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The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

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I asked her to meet with me to discuss her professional news update: being appointed Parexel’s first Patient Ambassador. My Zoom invitation to Stacy was a very convenient excuse for me to catch up with a friend in the field: we have known each other since Stacy started to grow her health-social media presence on Twitter.

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Tools for Paying Medical Bills Don’t Help Health Consumers Manage Their Financial Health

Health Populi

Patient-facing digital tools help patients with fairly basic tasks like making appointments, seeking doctors, and paying bills. Key challenges to adopting digital health tools are first and foremost cost, following by interoperability and operational barriers. health citizens’ minds in 2020 leading up to the election.

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5 Ways Healthcare Technology Helps Improve Patient Engagement 

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This guide will set your practice up for success in the fast-evolving healthcare landscape. People who require frequent appointments—such as those with chronic diseases—can maintain a high level of care without compromising other areas of their lives. This is a sharp increase from about 1% in February 2020.

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Health Plan Consumer Experience Scores Reflect Peoples’ Digital Transformation – ACSI Speaks

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The American Customer Satisfaction Index Insurance and Health Care Study 2020-2021 published today, recognizing consumers’ value for the quality of health insurance companies’ mobile apps and reliability of those apps. The study was fielded between October 2020 and September 2021. Outpatient care inched up from 73 to 74.

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The Digital Home: A Platform for Health, via Deloitte and the COVID-19 “Stress Test”

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one-half of consumers said they best like their ability to engage in virtual medical appointments and nearly one-half appreciated risk-managing their potential exposure to the virus, shown in the first chart (Figure 4). One in five people liked ease in scheduling virtual appointments. Deloitte found that U.S.

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A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

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The new era of virtual care has begun and is here to stay, Accenture expects in its latest look at How COVID-19 will permanently alter patient behavior , a patient survey conducted in May 2020. Accenture polled 2,700 patients around the world, 450 participants each from China, France, Germany, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S.