Ambulatory Care
The report showed more than 70 percent of patients wait less than 20 minutes to see a provider and it's not just millennials fueling the demand.
In 2017, more than 119,000 bloodstream staph infections occurred and 20,000 people died from them. What's more, a rise in the infections could be due to rampant opioid use.
Black representation has actually decreased among plastic surgery trainees, and Hispanic representation has made minimal changes.
When travel and wait times were quantified using hourly wage to measure "economic cost of time spent" the costs averaged $89 billion dollars annually, the analysis said.
A regimen using antiseptic soap, mouthwash, and nose ointment after hospital discharge reduced infections and infection-associated hospitalizations due to MRSA in high-risk patients.
Navigant says 21 percent are at high risk of closing based on their total operating margin, days cash on hand, and debt-to-capitalization ratio.
High-need, high-cost patients often have multiple chronic conditions, complex needs, and limited ability to perform activities of daily living.
The healthcare industry has added 368,000 jobs overall over the past 12 months, enough to account for about 11 percent of the country's jobs.
The collaboration results in a value-based primary care provider that serves more than 170,000 patients in 18 states.
By the end of the year, there were about 16 million people working in healthcare -- about 11 percent of all jobs in the overall economy.