Most of these targeted both care coordination and self-management education but ultimately did not improve attendance at follow-up appointments with primary care providers, improve asthma control, or reduce health care utilization.
With long waits for appointments with primary care providers, difficulty with same-day access for sick care, limited access to after-hours care, and extended emergency department waiting times, this decade has seen the growth of newer sites for the provision of episodic primary care services in the U.S. [ 1- 8].
(Norine, age 33, has a regular provider) Client participants expressed frustration with only being able to have one healthcare concern addressed at a time or feeling rushed through appointments with primary care providers.
Michael Munger, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, said his organization isn't opposed to the merger but has concerns — for example, that the merger could push Aetna patients into MinuteClinics instead of appointments with primary care doctors.
Fear of disclosure was a frequently cited barrier to keeping appointments with HIV care providers.
Participants in this study who received high levels of social support in the reintegration process reported greater success in medication adherence and fewer missed appointments with HIV care providers.
An interesting model for such a Web site is ZocDoc, which allows patients to find and book appointments with health care practitioners, find a doctor who accepts their insurance and read patients' reviews.
In Bay State residents often have to wait weeks -- in some cases as long as a month and a half -- for non-urgent appointments with primary care physicians and certain specialists.
California, for example, mandates minimum hours health services must be open, maximum wait times for primary and maximum travel distances for appointments with primary care and specialty doctors, minimum ratios of doctors per enrollees, and other standards.
In addition, computed tomography scanning and clinical appointments with primary care providers and specialists are needed.
