Doctor visits for flu-like symptoms — fevers, sore throat, extreme fatigue and body aches — have hit the highest level in ...

Some physicians are reconsidering the value of the annual physical, pointing to long waits for primary care visits and studies that indicate yearly physical exams don’t have a clear connection to ...

Patients at skilled nursing facilities who received no visits from a physician or advanced practitioner experienced hospital readmission rates twice as high as those who had at least one visit, ...

Getting the most out of a doctor's visit requires some advance preparation, whether it's a routine checkup or following up on ...

This week Verizon launched a mobile-centric video visits product that physician groups and others can use to provide real-time, remote care to patients. Virtual Visits has been 18 months in the making ...

Here are 7 interesting statistics and facts about office-based physician visits in 2004 broken down by the eight most common specialty types of office-based physician specialties, as gathered by the ...

Home hospital care recipients who receive remote physician visits have similar safety risks and self-reported patient experiences as their peers who receive in-person physician visits, according to a ...

Sometime in 2019, I was multi-tasking and racing between exam rooms amid a controlled chaos that defines an average day in my busy clinic. I was behind as usual, and I could sense the frustration in ...

Annual rates of outpatient visits for mental health and substance use among Ontario physicians increased by 27 percent during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in ...

Our hospital employs many nurse practitioners to assist physicians and surgeons. If a nurse practitioner conducts a follow-up visit and the physician also sees the patient, can the physician bill for ...