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Variable charity care rules risk medical debt for patients
Researchers emphasized the need for state or federal standards for charity care eligibility to lessen the burden on patients seeking to avoid medical debt.
How do social determinants of health affect chronic disease?
Understanding how social determinants of health affect chronic disease will be key to the nation's current discourse on chronic disease prevention and management.
Primary care access problems still plague rural areas
Rural, predominantly White areas in Virginia face bigger primary care access issues, likely due to growing provider shortages in those areas.
Average patient appointment wait time is 31 days in 2025
The average appointment wait time in 2025 is 31 days, up 19% from 26 days in 2022, data shows.
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61% of consumers would pay for a premium patient experience
Data showing consumer interest in paying for a premium patient experience could be a boon for the concierge medicine industry.
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Top Challenges Impacting Patient Access to Healthcare
Healthcare organizations must look into convenient care options and other patient services to drive more patient access to healthcare.
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71% of LGBTQ+ patients report healthcare discrimination
Experiences with healthcare discrimination have ripple effects, like hampering an open and transparent patient-provider relationship, survey data shows.
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Docs say AI can improve healthcare, but do patients agree?
While providers think AI in healthcare can reduce administrative burden and create opportunity to connect with patients, patients are leery of the tool.
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Is there implicit bias in patient clinical notes?
Researchers found evidence of implicit bias in clinical notes, particularly with variable use of positive negative language used for patients of difference races.
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Why don't patients access preventive care, screenings?
Patients aren't accessing preventive care and cancer screenings due to logistical barriers, like getting time off work and getting timely appointments.
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What goes into selecting mobile health clinic equipment?
Healthcare in Action's mobile health clinic is outfitted with tools to deliver medicine tailored specifically for its primarily unhoused patient population.
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Mobile health clinics bring care to California's unhoused
Using a nuanced approach to care management, Healthcare in Action uses mobile health clinics to move California's unhouse population into stable housing.
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Strategies for talking to parents about vaccines for children
Talking to parents about vaccines for children will require a balance of assertive recommendations and empathy for vaccine-hesitant parents.
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Top ways to use AI in patient portal messaging
AI in patient portal messaging has the power to streamline provider workflows while enabling patients access to better health information.