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Patient Access to PSA Testing (USPSTF Reform)
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) currently exercises unaccountable influence to restrict access to effective preventive care without consulting patients or specialists in the management of related conditions. The AUA is actively working with lawmakers to move forward to reform this body, creating transparency and accountability while also adding input and feedback from patients and specialists involved in treating the conditions for which recommendations are being developed.
When Patients Manage Doctors
People who suffer from multiple chronic illnesses often find they must take charge of managing health-care providers, especially when instructions and prescriptions conflict.
Are male or female doctors better for patients?
A new study finds hospital patients treated by women doctors did better when it came to two important health outcomes
Surgeons should tell patients of double-booked surgeries, new guidelines say
The world’s largest surgeons’ organization says a “patient needs to be informed” when a doctor runs more than one operating room at the same time.
Tips for Managing Growth: Put the Patient First
Dr. Timothy Ihrig, Medical Director of Palliative Care at the Trinity Regional Medical Center within the Unity Point Heath System, offers advice on how to ov...
Patients are not customers. Here are 6 reasons why.
The patient is a person, not a customer. We must approach each patient with humanity, not customer service.
Patients much likelier to choose hospital that employs their doctor
When patients have to go to the hospital, they're likely to choose a facility that employs their doctor, a new study suggests. The study, which finds that patients of independent doctors often choose low-cost and high-quality hospitals, hints that not all organizations are successfully integrating care.
Family Doctors Who Do More, Save More
A study suggests that coordinated care, led by a family doctor who is judicious about referring patients to specialists, leads to cost savings.
How physician IT use would be assessed under MACRA
Scoring approach would encourage patient engagement, security, information exchange.
How Qualified Is Your Doctor?
Doctors are facing new requirements to keep up-to-date in their knowledge and care for patients in order to stay certified by medical boards.
Doctors Want To Learn More About Treating Transgender Patients, Survey Shows
Transgender patients, meanwhile, have serious complaints with the care they receive.
Why This Doctor Fears Being a Patient
Listen as Dr. Don Berwick describes what he believes is missing from health care, namely a person-centered approach that respects the individual's choices.
When Patients Demand Unnecessary Medical Tests
A neurologist and a bioethicist discuss how to approach patients asking for 'unnecessary' tests and procedures.
Should We Even Talk About a PSA?
Bring it up? Wait for the patient to bring it up? How does the patient even know whether to bring it up?
Should patients be able to record their surgeries?
Patients across the country are seeking to push "record" in doctors' offices and operating rooms to document instructions and also catch malpractice.
Thoughts on fixing the patient waiting game
Our columnist considers what the new culture of technology-enabled instant gratification means for patient satisfaction. Can providers better leverage those same technologies to improve practice workflows and minimize patient wait times?
Five ways technology can increase patient compliance
The key to helping patients adhere to treatment plans is to make it easy for them to do so, which is why Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania, is exploring how the tools patients use i
Rude surgeons may put patients at risk, study finds
New research finds that when doctors behave badly, patients may suffer in more ways than one
Four Metrics to Measure Patient Access at Physician Practices
Use these four metrics to evaluate patient access at your physician practices.
Are prior authorization insurance requirements killing patients?
As a medical oncologist with a full-time practice, I deal with treatment delays and other consequences of prior authorization every day. And physicians across the nation believe the problem is getting worse.
When Surgeons Are Abrasive To Co-Workers, Patients' Health May Suffer
A new study shows a link between how surgeons act around co-workers and their patients' outcomes. Turns out rudeness and other unprofessional behavior isn't just obnoxious — it may be dangerous.
