by Rebecca Lee | Feb 22, 2019 | Practice Pearls
What can doctors do to help low-income patients who need them? It’s a harsh fact in the U.S. that people who live in poor rural or urban communities are more likely to have health problems and experience limited access to health care. Hospital closures have increased...
by J. Malanka | Jul 14, 2017 | Practice Pearls
Rising costs and insurance literacy affect access to care and outcomes There has been a “dramatic shift” in the way health care is paid for, reported the news website RevCycleIntelligence.com. Payment responsibility no longer falls primarily on payers and providers,...
by krisvalente | Apr 21, 2017 | Technology & the Internet
Rural patients lack easy access to quality health care—but telemedicine is changing that Recently we reported on the continuing growth of digital health technologies, which include wearables, remote monitoring, mobile health (mHealth) apps and tools, and telemedicine...