Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Clinician types included family medicine (FM), internal medicine (IM), pediatric medicine (PED), general practice (GP), obstetrics/gynecology (OB), nurse practitioner (NP), and physician assistant (PA). Patients are increasingly challenged to find appointments and achieve real continuity with their PCPs.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 26, 2025

Before your next virtual appointment, run your setup through these seven checkpoints. Regulators are paying attention, too; Medicare’s latest telehealth parity rules, state cross-licensure compacts and ransomware reporting mandates mean a single dropped call can have legal and financial fallout that lasts long after the visit ends.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 16, 2025

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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Physician's Practice

JUNE 24, 2025

Likewise, flow-oriented layouts have been linked to higher staff productivity and fewer late appointments. Research shows that design cues such as soft lighting and muted earth tones can drop perceived wait times by as much as 25%, even when actual waits remain unchanged. Read the findings.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 20, 2025

Did they have to wait long to obtain an appointment? For example, if you need to refer your patient to another physician for specialized attention, encourage staff to do the preliminary work and make the call and appointment for the patient. or less) on an appointment card. What is it that they see?

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 27, 2025

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.

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