Healthcare Success

MARCH 10, 2025

How can multilocation specialty practices overcome the barriers to earning critical doctor referrals? With tighter alignments between doctors and health systems, increased consolidation, and pressure to stand out, physician liaisons must take a more strategic and data-driven approach than ever before. Thank you, Stewart.

Doctors 164

Doctors Primary Care Hospitals Healthcare 164

Healthcare Success

MAY 31, 2022

To further complicate matters, as healthcare consumers continue to prioritize patient experience, physicians are leaving private practices for hospitals and larger medical groups at an alarming rate. According to Avalere Health , nearly three in four doctors work for a hospital, health system, or corporate entity today.

Private Practices 246

Private Practices Patient Experience Urgent Care Telemedicine 246

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But as a doctor who has experience with these SaaS systems, my observation is that far too many fall short of their aspirations — especially when it comes to software that needs to work not just for providers, but also needs to effectively engage the patients they serve. Oliver is the most recent doctor in a 300-year family tradition.

Private Practices 97

Private Practices Healthcare Doctors Primary Care 97

HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2024

Over the years, rural doctors who historically performed house calls have been replaced with regional physician groups and community hospitals that are owned and managed by large health systems with multiple locations. Nearly 70% of physicians now work for a corporate entity instead of private practices.

Healthcare 111

Healthcare Urgent Care Primary Care Patient Experience 111

Accountable Care Doctors

JULY 26, 2021

When in-person visits and elective surgeries are paused, the practices’ revenue streams dry up, precipitating serious financial harm. Going forward, does this mean the demise of private practice — a concern within our profession for decades? The Pandemic is Breaking Barriers in Thinking and Practicing.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Private Practices Doctors Primary Care 52

Health Dialog

AUGUST 6, 2012

There once was a time when if you got sick, you’d call the family doctor. The doctor would take care of you quickly and coordinate any additional care that you needed. In those days, your family doctor was a “home base” for all your medical needs. . It’s a new way to organize how a primary care office works.

Quality Assurance 40

Quality Assurance Primary Care Doctors Private Practices 40

Accountable Care Doctors

OCTOBER 21, 2020

In integrated medical practices, patients typically access their own doctor and care team — as opposed to an outside service — and benefit from advice that draws from the team’s knowledge of the patient’s history via a shared electronic medical record. Today, health care is a team sport.

Primary Care 59

Primary Care Integration Remote Care Population Health 59