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Profiling patterns of patient experiences of access to care and continuity at team-based primary healthcare clinics [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Being a recently arrived immigrant (p=0.036), having less than a high school education (p=0.002) and being registered at a large clinic (p<0.001) were associated with experiencing booking difficulties. Results: "Easy access and continuity" (42%) was characterized by ease in almost all access and continuity components.

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Lead, follow or get out of the way

Physician's Practice

Yes, you can judge a book by its cover, and make no mistake, patients judge your practice within only four seconds of walking through the front door. Did they have to wait long to obtain an appointment? or less) on an appointment card. " For example, would you wait three or more weeks for an appointment?

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Bathrooms “R” Us

Physician's Practice

If the patients have not arrived in the office, contact them to inform them of the delay and offer them the option to reschedule their appointment. This article inspired by Shep Hyken’s article appearing in Forbes Magazine Neil Baum, MD , a Professor of Clinical Urology at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA.