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Robin Tenenbaum, IT director, El Rio Community Health Center, discusses how earlier screenings result in earlier detection of eye disease.
Follow-up appointments, transitional care when there’s the risk of readmission, benefit patients and can be done by telehealth, says Dr. Matthew Thompson, an ER physician and the CEO and cofounder of Telescope Health.
The system makes it hard for primary care doctors to collect payment so that 30-40% of their time is spent on administrative tasks, says Mark Newman, founder and CEO of Nomi Health.
Surprisingly, researchers found no correlation between department closures and negative outcomes for patients driving greater distances, says Martin Gaynor, professor emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University.