In July 2015, Sandra Bland was pulled over by a Texas state trooper for a traffic violation. What should have been a routine stop quickly escalated, and the exchange led to Bland’s arrest. Three days later, Bland was found dead in her jail cell—her death officially ruled a suicide. Nearly two years following the incident, […]
By Tim Dall, Health Economist and Managing Director for Life Sciences Consulting at IHS Markit By 2032, the United States will face a shortfall of up to 55,200 primary care physicians and up to 65,800 non-primary care physicians. This is based on our most recent projections, even accounting for the increased use of nurse practitioners […]
It is time to rethink revenue cycle management for telemedicine. When billing insurers for professional services, most physicians allow the hospital they serve to handle the billing through reassigned benefits (billing rights), or they manage it themselves. However, when a hospital contracts with a telemedicine company with geographically-distributed physicians, it is best for the hospital […]
When medical emergencies arise, we all hold the underlying expectation that the staff onsite at the hospital can provide needed care. But what happens when the required specialist isn’t in the building, or even on staff at the hospital? Many hospitals choose to staff telemedicine physicians, specialists and nurses in departments where they are short-staffed […]
The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates a shortage of 45,000 primary care doctors and 46,000 surgeons and medical specialists by 2020. Due to this, an increasing number of hospitals are moving to a hospitalist model, often motivated by a search for increased quality and efficiency in patient care. When appropriately utilized, hospitalists provide benefits […]
