Search Tag: primary care
2025 13 May
The escalating demands on primary healthcare systems require innovative methods for evaluating and improving service efficiency. In contrast to hospital-focused analyses, primary care often lacks tailored efficiency assessments, especially within public health contexts. Traditional methods like Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) have been employed...Read more
2025 10 Mar
Retailers have struggled to establish a sustainable model for primary care, despite investing heavily in the sector. While companies like Walmart and Walgreens initially aimed to simplify healthcare through in-store clinics, their rapid withdrawal highlights the flaws in their approach. Primary care thrives on relationship-based, holistic care,...Read more
2024 15 Oct
Retail health clinics, operated by major corporations like CVS Health, Walmart, and Walgreens, seemed likely to revolutionise primary care in the United States. Their appeal arose from convenience, affordability, and accessibility, particularly for basic medical services. By early 2024, there were 1,800 retail clinics nationwide, signalling growth...Read more
2023 29 May
The government will invest £645 million over two years to expand community pharmacy services. For the first time, patients who need prescription medication will be able to directly receive it from a pharmacy, without a GP appointment. This will be allowed for several common conditions including earache, sore throat, or urinary tract infections....Read more
2023 10 Feb
A team of researchers conducted a study to assess whether primary care physicians who used a community health information exchange were able to improve patient care transitions, from hospitalisation to outpatient care. Electronic health records (EHRs) are available to enhance coordination and efficiency of care, but several issues have made...Read more
2022 19 Jul
Grover Brings More Than a Decade of Progressive Finance Experience to the Greater Good Health Leadership Team Greater Good Health , the company redefining value-based care through the first primary care model centered around nurse practitioners (NPs), announced the addition of Michael Grover as chief financial officer (CFO). With more...Read more
2022 11 May
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2020 19 Nov
New research shows that, in the primary care setting, both patients and practitioners perceive patient safety more in terms of work functions, which reflect grouping of tasks or responsibilities in delivery of care. You might also like: Future of Patient Safety: What We’ve Learned from the Pandemic In this study (Lai...Read more
2018 08 Jan
- 41% of GCC residents go directly to a specialist when they fall ill, reveals survey commissioned by Arab Health 2018 - Only 34% of survey respondents in the GCC visit a general practitioner (GP) A recent survey commissioned by Arab Health 2018 – the largest exhibition for healthcare and trade professionals...Read more
2017 18 Apr
I am writing this blog on a train to Manchester, conscious that I have already missed the Editor's deadline by a few days. I am not sure why, but my chosen title has been more challenging than I expected. At first I wondered about using my Dad's experience of being a stroke patient as my starting point for a diatribe on 'Do Patients Matter?'...Read more
2016 11 Feb
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, part of Mubadala’s network of world-class healthcare facilities, is a multispecialty hospital on Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is a unique and unparalleled extension of US-based Cleveland Clinic’s model of care, specifically designed to address a range of complex and critical care requirements...Read more
2015 03 Mar
A new report estimates that the defunding of medical residency training programs in underserved areas of the United States will affect millions of patients who do not have easy access to primary care physicians. Researchers from the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health warn that discontinued support for the Teaching...Read more