The AP profiled Boca Raton, Fla.-based MDVIP Inc., a franchiser of a concierge practice model and also give some positives and negative views on this type of medicine.
Under MDVIP’s plan, patients paying about $1,500 a year are guaranteed an annual 1.5-hour physical, a follow-up visit, a personal wellness plan and same or next-day appointments lasting at least 30 minutes when they get sick. MDVIP physicians can have no more than 600 patients under their care at one time.
‘Concierge’ doctors say patients get more time [Via Los Angeles Daily News]
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Something called the AeroClinic has just opened at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Located pre-security, above The Atrium of the main terminal, the walk-in clinic incorporates efficient, self-service patient technologies with quick and easy access to minor illness care, prescription filling and preventive well-care services.
This could be a whole new trend … minute clinics everywhere you go. But when are we going to see more drivethroughs? Is it too much to ask that patients get out of their cars?
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A study by the Duke Clinical Research Institute looked at whether a pay-for-performance system for rewarding hospitals for adhering to specific treatment guidelines would improve patient outcomes. Well … it didn’t. Read more here.
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An estimated 900,000 physicians nationwide will share $128 million in compensation in a settlement with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and 23 Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans. continues…
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A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says that doctors under a performance pay system give more help to smokers to quit. continues…
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BusinessWeek is advocating using NPs as a replacement for doctors when it comes to caring for the elderly. continues…
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Jerome Groopman’s new book How Doctors Think has revived the debate over whether physicians are too quick to choose diagnoses that fit their prior experience or their preconceptions about a patient. But can computer programs help physicians improve their diagnostic skills? continues…
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