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		<title>Personalized Patient Experiences: Doctors Still Make House Calls?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JVerkamp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently ran across an article entitled, “These Doctors Make House Calls—And Love It” These MDs had taken a cue from the past to create a personal touch for their practices. After a little bit of research, I realized this blogging doctor wasn’t the only one still making house calls. According to the American Academy of Home Care Physicians, Medicare reimbursed physicians for 2.3 million house calls in 2009, a half million more than in 2002. This obviously doesn’t signify [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you the doctor of my dreams?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speed dating is usually reserved for, well, dating. But now, one hospital is using that 5-minute, musical chairs meet-and-greet scenario to match patients and doctors. Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital has changed the standard marketing game for healthcare networks and physicians with a new program called “Doc Shop”. Over an hour luncheon, patients can meet handfuls of doctors and see which would fit their needs best. Those who have taken advantage of the Fort Worth-based initiative say it’s a fast, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AMA’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs Report Comments on Medical Mystery Shopping</title>
		<link>http://emergewithus.com/2009/09/amas-ethics-judicial-report-comments-on-medical-mystery-shopping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This report comments that &#8220;Physicians have an ethical responsibility to engage in activities that contribute to continual improvements in patient care. One method for promoting such quality improvement is through the use of secret shopper “patients” who have been appropriately trained to provide feedback about physician performance in the clinical setting.&#8221; Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Share this on Facebook Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Mystery Shoppers Help your Practice Differentiate from the Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Physicians are challenged with the changing economic climate, shrinking reimbursements and increasing costs of doing business. Practice growth is becoming more challenging as patients have many options for their health needs—can a successful, growing practice be achieved in the competitive medical field? ]]></description>
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		<title>35% switch doctors because&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwhistman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Studies have shown that 35% of patients decide to switch doctors not 
because of how their doctor treated them, but how their doctor’s receptionist treated 
them.]]></description>
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		<title>Remember they are paying you&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On average, patients 
expect to wait between 10-12 minutes to see their physician from the time they 
check in with the receptionist to the time the nurse calls them back to the exam 
room.]]></description>
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