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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Despite efforts to improve patient-clinician relationships, access to care, and healthcare workflows, annual rates of missed appointments (MA) in the U.S Therefore, identifying appointments at risk of being missed is a crucial prevention strategy to optimize care quality, ensure continuity, and reduce costs. for CA, 0.85

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Is your telehealth setup up to snuff? 7 quick checkpoints for practices

Physician's Practice

Before your next virtual appointment, run your setup through these seven checkpoints. Reynolds June 23rd 2025 Article Navigating the health tech landscape requires strategic diligence to avoid hidden costs and ensure seamless integration in medical practices. 7 quick checkpoints for practices June 26, 2025 By Keith A. Singer, M.D.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

Khang Nguyen, MD, chief transformation officer of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, discusses how AI can increase clinicians’ joy in medicine and improve patient outcomes with Chris Grant, chief operating offer and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, and host of the Permanente Medicine Podcast.

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Practice tip of the week: Be an on-time physician

Physician's Practice

This April 2024 article by Neil Baum, MD , on being an on-time physician gives this tip: Instruct new patients to arrive 20-30 minutes before their appointment to fill out paperwork or complete the paperwork online if your website provides the forms for patient demographics and a health care questionnaire.

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Lead, follow or get out of the way

Physician's Practice

Reynolds Blog Article Innovative medical practices thrive by embracing change, prioritizing patient care and learning from setbacks to enhance success and satisfaction. For example, practices have adopted electronic medical records (EMR) systems only to find that productivity in the practice ground to a halt.

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9 design tweaks to refresh your practice

Physician's Practice

Reynolds Fact checked by Chris Mazzolini Blog Article Thoughtful design in medical practices enhance patient experience, boost staff productivity, and improve online reviews without major renovations. Likewise, flow-oriented layouts have been linked to higher staff productivity and fewer late appointments. Read the findings.

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Bathrooms “R” Us

Physician's Practice

I refer to this thought transference as the Bathroom Experience (BE), a powerful metaphor for how seemingly minor details can dramatically impact patients’ perceptions of a medical 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.