Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) claims that
most of the people are relying on the emergency departments for primary care
services. The after-hours option has been called as the "Uberisation"
of medicine regarding the disruptive challenge to existing business models, but
the opportunity offered for widespread access to medical services should be
enclosed. It has been proposed that after-hours visits of the physicians should
be formally linked with clinics to ensure any urgent condition. Physicians home
visits are an essential medicare service especially carers of people with
disability, the elderly and young children. Everyone is aware that doing
after-hours patient visits increases the revenue. Most of the physicians look
for more work-life balance but do not want to work after-hours. In that case,
physicians can offer after-hour visits from home. With the help of these
after-hour visits, physicians can increase the patient number, maintain a
work-life balance, and recapture lost revenue from uncompensated time.
Motivation plays a crucial role in boosting the medical practice among the
physicians. The staff is the most valuable resource. Happier employees mean
happier patients. Giving your team encouragement and positive feedback every
day, giving them a voice in the practice goings-on, appointing them the head of
projects are some of the ways to inspire the staff that also boosts the medical
practice.
After-hour clinics:
If a patient did not have enough time to wait in a crowded
physicians clinic or emergency room, there are still many ways to get the
medical care of the patient. An after-hours clinic is a perfect solution to the
problem of crowded emergency rooms, appointment waiting lists, and illnesses
and injuries that seems to happen on the weekends. After-hours clinics have
extended hours so that the patients can get the care according to their need.
In simple words, after-hours clinics are like an extension
of one's primary physician's clinic, which provides same types of services that
are being provided by the regular doctor but on an urgent basis or after
regular office hours.
The following are the advantages of after hour visits:
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