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While people have always tried to figure out what's ailing them, today it's common to turn to the Internet for answers. Unfortunately, that's not always the best move. Via Nikos Papaioannou, eMedToday 
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eMedToday's insight:
Hospital need to consider creating strategic relationships with retail health clinics
“Today, the landscape is fundamentally different,” according to Accenture, “as hospitals and PCPs now have the opposite problem: many are operating at close to full capacity, with little chance of meeting the coming surge in demand. Now, the very clinics once perceived as rivals may represent a key tool for managing patient volume while more conventional health providers focus on higher acuity and more complex treatments.”
Patient visits at retail clinics are projected to account for 10 percent of non-primary care outpatient visits by the end of 2015
eMedToday's curator insight,
July 13, 2013 12:14 AM
Pharma need to begin to think about how they can integrate this trend into the pill selling business |
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Excerpt: “Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us”
eMedToday's insight:
Hospital should recognize people want to be well and control their health. With patient engagement and through alternative ways to deliver health care you can drive health care cost down,
eMedToday's curator insight,
July 22, 2013 7:58 PM
We now spend almost 20% of our gross domestic product on health care, compared with about half that in most developed countries. |
A reason for seeking doctors help either in hospital, retail health clinic or by phone consulting