Shared medical appointments, or group visits, are becoming a popular — and possibly more satisfying — way to see the doctor.
Primary Care
Is Your Doctor Burned Out? Nearly Half of U.S. Physicians Say They’re Exhausted
Burnout and poor work-life balance are a bigger problem for doctors than other professions
5 Great Health Apps You Should Download Now
Check out our picks for the best apps for eating healthy, getting in shape and making your doctor’s appointments.
Can Better Access to Health Care Really Lower Costs?
Concierge medicine versus patient-centered medical homes: debating the benefits of enhanced access to care
Do You Lie to Your Doctor?
When asked by their doctors, patients fudge the truth about almost everything: how much they drink or smoke, how unhealthily they eat, how little they exercise, how many sexual partners they’ve had, what drugs they’re taking — …
NYT: Undercover Patients to Test Doctors for Government Survey
“Everybody with a brain knows we do not have enough doctors,” Dr. Robert L. Hogue, a family physician in Brownwood, Texas, told the New York Times Monday morning in criticizing a new plan by the Obama administration to hire …
Advice From Doctors: Top 5 Ways to Lower Costs and Improve Care
If anyone knows where health-care dollars are being wasted, it’s primary-care physicians. So, the National Physicians Alliance recently assembled working groups of doctors within three fields of primary care — family medicine, …