Online patient access to health records ups utilization Patients with access to their electronic health records had more office visits, phone and ER encounters, after-hours clinic visits and ...

Objective: To determine whether a major improvement in access(ie, implementing an open access system) in a large multispecialtymedical group during 2000 was associated with changes in utilizationor ...

Once the stepchild of the American health care system, primary care is now the linchpin of efforts to improve the health and health care of individuals and communities and to bring down costs. Factors ...

A new report from KFF reveals that Medicare Advantage enrollees had access to just 48% of the physicians available to Traditional Medicare beneficiaries in their area, on average, in 2022.

States that implemented their own health insurance marketplaces and expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) improved people's access to medical care, according to new data from the ...

Objective: To determine whether patient access to secure patient–physician messaging affects annual adult primary care office visit and documented telephone contact rates. Study Design: ...

Adults with the common chronic skin condition eczema had higher out-of-pocket health care costs, more lost workdays, poorer overall health, more health care utilization and impaired access to care ...

To describe the utilization, accessibility and satisfaction of primary and preventive health-care services to individuals with long-term spinal cord injuries, and compare results among three countries ...

Data virtualization is emerging as a new-age avenue, revolutionizing the way businesses leverage their data assets. The global market for this disruptive technology is poised to take a steep growth ...

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has commissioned the School of Public Health at San Diego State University to conduct a comprehensive fiscal and economic impact study on California's Medi-Cal ...

We recruited women with nonmetastatic disease from a survivorship cohort who had undergone mastectomy within 1-5 years for semi-structured interviews to explore experiences with treatment. This ...