Davis says that Burkle recommended that he name Harrigan to the California State Personnel Board, an easier appointment than CalPERS.
This gateway effect may be due to a combination of factors including low cost, low stigma, closer provider proximity, broader geographic distribution, easier appointment processes, pre-existing physician familiarity and reduced waiting times compared to other service types.
But easier appointments – a key element of Atos's bid – proved hard to deliver.
The plans are aimed at providing better out of hours access to GPs and easier appointments with specialists across the country, which Keogh said will "completely change the way we deliver medicine".
The easier appointments are to book, the less the burden on emerging rooms and urgent care centers.
"And basically, if I'm secretary on 8 May, over the next five years I would like to see a transformation in the services we offer outside hospitals, particularly through GPs' surgeries, more GPs, easier appointments, more proactive care of people with the most complex needs".
They include free, on-site haircuts; gyms; pools; break rooms with video games, ping pong, billiards and foosball; on-site medical staff for easy doctor appointments; and the option to bring one's dog in to work.
For those unfamiliar, Setster has been operating in the somewhat unsexy scheduling software space since 2008, with the goal of bringing doctors, lawyers, therapists, stylists, and everyone in between, a platform that makes it easy to manage appointment scheduling.
That was much easier".But his appointment is encouraging.
