Opinion

Accountable care organizations are uniquely positioned to help redesign population health, but a new approach is required.

American healthcare delivery is seriously dysfunctional. It takes patients about three weeks to get a doctor’s appointment, they sit in the waiting room for a long time, get 10 to 12 minutes with the doctor and then have a hefty deductible and/or copay despite paying handsomely for insurance.

While the future of the Precision Medicine Initiative is uncertain as we enter into a new presidential term, how can we as clinicians implement tenets of precision medicine right now when treating our patients?

As we approach the end of 2016 and the start of the Trump presidency, it is widely anticipated that there will be major tax law rewrites, and proposals are already being floated outlining significant changes.

Seven funding recipients test technologies that facilitate patient data sharing for larger possible information exchange.

Growing use of computerized records requires planning and practice, experts say. Here are five ways to proactively prepare for an EHR outage.

Population health management demands tracking patient information beyond claims and clinical data.

Primary care doctors are hiring staff and delegating responsibilities to employees as population health brings a new approach to patient care.

HIV/AIDS is more of a chronic condition than a fatal diagnosis these days, but patients still need access to ongoing support and services.

Ronald H. Goldschmidt, MD, discusses when and how primary care physicians should care for patients with HIV.

Doctors' reaction to Tom Price’s nomination to HHS varies; some fear for healthcare access

When the American Medical Association came out with a strong endorsement for the Tom Price nomination to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a grassroots organization took action to let the AMA know it doesn't speak for all physicians.

In the annals of healthcare, the year 2016 surely will stand out. Read on for the top quotes of 2016 from the pages of Medical Economics.

Researchers and physicians are working together to discover why adults skip recommended vaccines and what doctors can do to increase immunization rates.

Lead researcher hopes results of new study motivates more adults to improve vaccination compliance.

Physicians from across the nation look into the future to predict what the coming year might bring for healthcare.

French study shows that ICU admissions for and mortality from severe COPD exacerbations are increasing despite improved management methods.

In a small single-center study, a breathlessness, cough and sputum score of 5.0 or greater was a good predictor of exacerbation risk.

Care for chronically ill patients represents the most expensive segment of Medicare, with more than 93% of spending going to those with multiple chronic conditions.

I spend a tremendous amount of time reconciling medications with and for my patients. I don’t see a specific “data” indicator for this in the decision-making tables. How do I account for this?

A brief look at one alternative practice model to traditional, insurance-based primary care.

Face it: Patients today are OK with not seeing a physician when it comes to their care.

It’s more difficult than ever to connect with patients. One physician explains why its worth the effort.

A new bill in Congress is designed to help overcome one of the most challenging barriers patients face when accessing care: the out-of-pocket cost.

Physicians sometimes face the prospect of dismissing patients from their practice. It’s not easy, but there is a right way and a wrong way to do it.

With value-based reimbursement coming, its time to consider how and when to share the rewards with employees

Adjusting to value-based models, practices seek ways of integrating mental health providers

Two physicians test out what the tech giant says is an improved search function for responding to patient inquiries