Visit Duration for Outpatient Physician Office Visits Among Patients With Cancer

Racial differences in visit duration of outpatient psychiatric visits.

CONTEXT Substantial racial disparities exist in the delivery of some health care services. Whether racial disparities exist in the duration of office visits to psychiatrists is not known. OBJECTIVE To compare the duration of visits to office-based psychiatrists by white and African American patients. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Analysis of a nationally representative sample of visits ...

Hospital outpatient versus physician office cost for physician administered cancer drugs

Emergency department visits: Why adults choose the emergency room over a primary care physician visit during regular office hours?

BACKGROUND It has been estimated that up to one third of all emergency department (ED) visits may be "inappropriate" or non-emergent. Factors that have been speculated to be associated with non-emergent use have been noted to include low socioeconomic status, lack of access to primary care, lack of insurance, convenience of "on demand care" and the patient's individual perception of their compl...

Physician activity during outpatient visits and subjective workload

We describe methods for capturing and analyzing EHR use and clinical workflow of physicians during outpatient encounters and relating activity to physicians' self-reported workload. We collected temporally-resolved activity data including audio, video, EHR activity, and eye-gaze along with post-visit assessments of workload. These data are then analyzed through a combination of manual content a...

Interacting with patients' family members during the office visit.

The physician-patient relationship is part of the patient's larger social system and is influenced by the patient's family. A patient's family member can be a valuable source of health information and can collaborate in making an accurate diagnosis and planning a treatment strategy during the office visit. However, it is important for the physician to keep an appropriate balance when addressing...