PURPOSE We aimed to determine the impact of transitional care interventions (TCIs) on
acute health service use by patients with congestive heart failure in primary care and to …

This review paper investigates the healthcare'simulation appointment scheduling system
(SASS). It primarily aims to highlight critical appointment scheduling challenges and outline …

Background: Delayed medical care has negative health and economic consequences;
interventions have focused on appraising symptoms, with limited success in reducing delay …

Access to family doctors for consultations is a paramount health policy matter. Accessing
healthcare services is a challenging task as it considers a major barrier to quality care and …

Addiction appointment no-shows adversely impact clinical outcomes and healthcare
productivity. During 2007–2010, 67 treatment organizations in the Strengthening Treatment …

The US healthcare system is plagued by unsustainable costs and yields suboptimal
outcomes, indicating that new models of healthcare delivery are needed. The patient …

Objectives To describe how processes of primary care access influence decisions to seek
help at the emergency department (ED). Design Ethnographic case study combining non …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Missed appointments can create financial, capacity,
and continuity issues in primary care. An urban family medicine residency teaching clinic …

Methods Defining the practice changes to become a PCMH from an operational perspective
was an important early step in the Commonwealth Fund's Safety Net Medical Home Initiative …

Methods The study utilized a qualitative research design involving patients at two urban,
university-affiliated family medicine residency outpatient clinics. Twenty-five randomly …