Physicians' Private Offices at Hospitals

Hypertension control at physicians' offices in the United States.

BACKGROUND Uncontrolled hypertension is a common and important risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Nevertheless, the control rate among patients taking prescribed medication and/or therapeutic lifestyle modification has remained about the same for the past several decades. METHODS We analyzed 2003 and 2004 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) data to determine hypertension co...

challenges of appointment fixing in private physician offices from the viewpoint of physicians and secretaries

background: waiting time indicates the feasibility of access to medical services and can be measured as a performance indicator. long waiting times prohibit the provision of good services, waste patients’ time, and jeopardise patient satisfaction. therefore, patients' satisfaction from waiting time plays a significant role in quality assurance and management. methods: in this qualitative study,...

Physicians and foundation hospitals.

Foundation NHS Trusts will be constituted in the same way as Mutual Societies, and local people and patients will be invited to become subscribers. Subscribers will elect a board of governors who will appoint the non-executive directors of the Trusts. Foundation Trusts will be outside the performance management system, but will be subject to a regulator and to inspection. Contracts with commiss...

Insurers Again at Odds With Hospitals and Physicians.

Emergency department image interpretation services at private community hospitals.

PURPOSE To investigate the methods used at private community hospitals for delivering emergency department (ED) image interpretation services. MATERIALS AND METHODS The authors contacted a random national sample of 114 hospitals by telephone and administered an "ED Radiology Coverage" questionnaire. The questionnaire included queries about daytime image interpretation duties, nighttime radiol...