Healthcare ECONOMIST

JANUARY 12, 2024

Overview of general practitioners in the UK Under the English National Health Service (NHS) program, …patients register with a single general practice that acts as the gatekeeper to most other NHS services, including non-emergency hospital care.

Primary Care 88

Primary Care General Practice Hospitals Pharmaceuticals 88

Health Care Leader News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Pressure on general practice has been growing for some time and has never been greater. General practice held 35m more appointments last year and 85 per cent of patients seeking a primary care appointment are already seen within the government’s new two-week target. The numbers do not lie.

Primary Care 105

Primary Care General Practice Integration Healthcare 105

HIStalk

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Top News In England, the British Medical Association’s general practice.

General Practice 78

General Practice 78

Health Care Leader News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Pressure on general practice has been growing for some time and has never been greater. General practice held 35m more appointments last year and 85 per cent of patients seeking a primary care appointment are already seen within the government’s new two-week target. The numbers do not lie.

Primary Care 98

Primary Care General Practice Integration Healthcare 98

Health Care Leader News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

There is an unspoken rule in general practice, particularly within PCNs, that any distribution of resources needs to be equitable. And by fair, we mean even across practices. But is this rule working against rather than for general practice? This is all much easier to say than do.

General Practice 72

General Practice Doctors Healthcare Primary Care 72

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Family and general practice physicians, 80.9%, and. Physicians were using telehealth for a variety of work-flows: 58% of practices used telehealth to diagnose or treat patients. Urologists, 87.2%. Psychiatrists, 83%. Pediatricians, 82.9%. Cardiologists, 82%. Internists, 76.6%. 34% used telehealth for preventive care.

Telemedicine 133

Telemedicine General Practice Primary Care Medicare 133

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Versana Premier: Designed for Versatility and Efficiency Versana Premier is a reliable, affordable, and user-friendly ultrasound system designed to meet the needs of healthcare professionals in diverse clinical settings, including general practice, OB/GYN, musculoskeletal (MSK), and cardiology.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare General Practice Primary Care 98

Bill Of Health

MARCH 15, 2022

For instance, this is a map of all the Family/General Practice physicians (blue dots), Internal Medicine physicians (yellow dots), and NPs (green dots) in Alaska, a state that does not restrict NPs’ scope of practice: Figure from the AMA Health Workforce Mapper: Health Workforce in Alaska (Family/General Practice physicians are represented by blue (..)

General Practice 90

General Practice Primary Care Nursing Patient Safety 90

Health Care Leader News

AUGUST 25, 2022

What should PCNs and general practice be doing now to prepare for this change? While it is important to build relationships within an Integrated Care System (ICS), the starting point for general practice and PCNs is to consider who will build these relationships and how they will do it. Here are four actions to consider.

Integration 52

Integration General Practice Secondary Care Primary Care 52

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

For the study, Accenture surveyed 720 health care providers in general practice, oncology, immunology, and cardiology working in China, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the U.S., in May and June 2020.

Telemedicine 127

Telemedicine Doctors General Practice Patient Experience 127

Bill Of Health

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In Lombardy, Italy , for instance, one of the richest areas in Europe, decades of market-based health reforms were accompanied by underinvestment in general practice, urgent care, and prevention – all of which are fundamental in responding to disease outbreaks.

Regulations 136

Regulations Prevention Urgent Care General Practice 136

Health Care Leader News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Pressure on general practice has been growing for some time and has never been greater. General practice held 35m more appointments last year and 85 per cent of patients seeking a primary care appointment are already seen within the government’s new two-week target. The numbers do not lie.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care General Practice Integration Healthcare 52

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

Acquisition Creates Seamless Digital Pathway for Patient Care This strategic acquisition will expand Orbita’s impact on healthcare organizations, ranging from general practices to specialty areas such as bariatrics, with efficient, effective and human-like digital experiences. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

General Practice 52

General Practice Healthcare 52

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

For these practices, adopting an electronic health record (EHR) system specifically designed to meet their unique needs is no longer a matter of choice—it’s an essential step toward sustainability and success¹. Specificity and Accuracy in Documentation Specialty practices, such as dermatology, face unique challenges regarding documentation.

Integration 98

Integration General Practice Healthcare Healthcare Improvement 98

Health Care Leader News

APRIL 1, 2021

Electronic clinical systems have been in widespread use in general practice since the 1990s [1] , followed by a series of other advances, most recently including patients being able to access some parts of their clinical record via their personal electronic devices.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care General Practice Medical Technology Healthcare 52

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

It is an advanced digital X-ray system with a small footprint, making it ideal for nearly any clinical site – hospitals, clinics, urgent care centers, orthopedics and general practices – to provide high-quality, general radiography services in exams rooms with less space.

Urgent Care 52

Urgent Care General Practice Quality of Care Integration 52

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Ambient listening technologies empower hospitals to raise process efficacy at the general practice level. Reduced administrative burden translates to less burnout, improved job satisfaction, and ultimately, better patient care. Ambient listening technologies provide a hassle-free and seamless way of dealing with documentation.

Integration 98

Integration General Practice Healthcare Providers Telemedicine 98

Sequence Health

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

While your goal is to heal people, not keep them coming back for repetitive treatments, most specialties see people with chronic conditions, conditions that need a series of treatments, or in the case of general practices, people who need help with different ailments and conditions over time.

General Practice 52

General Practice Doctors Healthcare 52

Health Care Leader News

JULY 15, 2020

This month marks not only the 72 nd birthday of the NHS but also the one-year anniversary of primary care networks (PCNs), which were established last July to stabilise general practice, dissolve the historic divide between primary and community healthcare, and provide a broader range of services for patients closer to their own homes.

Primary Care 53

Primary Care General Practice Healthcare 53

Health Care Leader News

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

But agility and working under pressure is a key strength of general practice, and the promise of a solution to the crisis does galvanise action. The involvement of PCNs is an obvious step, which would have been easier if we had been included at an earlier stage.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care General Practice Prevention Healthcare 52

Health Care Leader News

MAY 11, 2021

Having vaccinated over 42 million people in England and counting, the vaccination programme has shown the benefit of general practice and other primary care providers working together with a common goal. Transmission of the disease is going down and the immediate threat to frontline services is subsiding.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Secondary Care General Practice Integration 52

Healthcare Leadership

APRIL 24, 2023

Threats to safe transitions from hospital to home: a consensus study in North West London primary care”, British Journal of General Practice , January 2020, [link] , accessed 24 April 2023. Resources Markiewicz O, Lavelle M, Lorencatto F, Judah G, Ashrafian H, Darzi A. Naylor M, Keating SA.

Care Transition 52

Care Transition Nursing Primary Care General Practice 52

Etactics

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The reality is that almost 70% of Americans say that it’s their general practice to not answer the phone. It’s your responsibility to keep them up-to-date on everything related to their health. This is especially true after they’ve had an appointment with you. But this isn’t easy.

Doctors 52

Doctors Accountability General Practice Healthcare 52

Healthcare ECONOMIST

OCTOBER 11, 2023

These guideline-recommended services are process quality measures which indicate if changes in service provision affects quality of care The FFS to capitation ratio for General Practices’ income generated from patients with type 2 diabetes.

Medical Services 113

Medical Services General Practice Primary Care Quality of Care 113