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They could offer "walk-in only" hours to treat people without appointments, text patients when the doctor is ready to see them, and include clear explanations on bills so patients understand what they're paying for. Physician burnout only adds to patient burnout, says Dr. Bengt Arnetz, a professor at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine who researches how to improve primary care. Doctors may not know how much the tests they're recommending cost, particularly when every patient has a different type and level of coverage, so surprise bills are common - and so hard to understand that patients often have to spend hours on the phone seeking clarity from their insurance providers. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on Teladoc Health, a remote medical service company that offers virtual urgent-care clinic, a variety of nonemergency services with doctors having the capacity to write prescriptions.

The article focuses on several aspects of health care in the U.S. and efforts of people like Jessica Michot to promote health care in U.S. It mentions Jessica Michot led a bus full of families with disabled children to Washington to urge Senators to preserve Medicaid funding. It also mentions plans of Republicans in the U.S. to repeal the U.S. Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act; and people in the U.S. rely on Medicaid funding aimed at providing home care to severely disabled kids.

The article focuses on the Lifestyle 180 health program at the Cleveland Clinic, which encourages health behavior in its participants in order to prevent major health events. The article notes that 75% of U.S. health care costs go to preventable diseases, which are not decreasing. This may ultimately make preventive medicine a financial necessity. The Cleveland Clinic is cited as a model for what U.S. President Barack Obama would like to see in health-care reform.

The article compares fighting the COVID-19 pandemic to a war. Topics covered include the risks faced by medical professionals, the ethical responsibility of health care workers to put their lives on the line as implicated in the SARS outbreak in Toronto, Canada and the importance of the health care workers.

This article discusses economic effects of outsourcing medical procedures due to rising health-care costs in the U.S. Many uninsured American citizens are traveling to India, Thailand, and Singapore for medical procedures that cost a fraction of the price than those at U.S. hospitals. Some U.S. companies have begun to offer outsourcing as a health-care option for their employees. This is in reaction to rapidly increasing medical costs in the U.S.

Discusses life in Iraq outside the deadly Sunni triangle around Baghdad. Improvements in security and electrical service; Tolerance of foreign troops; Complaints of banditry, slow pace of reconstruction and few jobs; General opinion that things are much better than before the war with examples which include commerce and travel; Problems with the public sector recovery; Worsened health care and jobs; Improved goods and education; Hopes of Iraqis that freedom will last. INSET: Iraq: A Status Report.

Focuses on injured U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq. Experiences of Private First Class Tristan Wyatt, Sergeant Erick Castro and Sergeant Mike Meinen, who were ambushed by Iraqis; Rise in the number of wounded military in Iraq; The Pentagon's reluctance to mention the wounded; How the wounded are returned to the U.S.; Battlefield deaths; Roles of rescue units and surgical teams; Battlefield gear; Physical and emotional toll; Challenges faced by the wounded, including rehabilitation, retraining and long term medical care; Treatment of U.S. soldiers at Walter Reed; Comments of injured soldiers.

The article reports on the real double-digit inflation in the Soviet Union and other communist countries. Accordingly, basic services such as housing, medical care and mass transit in the Communist countries are generally cheap, but prices for other items like cars and quality foods have long been set so high that they remain beyond the reach of most Russians, Poles, East Germans, Czechs, Rumanians, Hungarians and Bulgarians . Chairman Vladimir Sitnin of the Soviet Union's state price committee has said that production costs and prices are correlated but not directly. It adds that undisguised inflation exists in sectors not subject to iron-fisted government control.

The article reports on the situation that developed after President Anwar Sadat invited Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran into Egypt for an elaborate medical care and unlimited refuge. It also discussed the concern of the U.S. on the implications of this gesture on the stability of the Egyptian government, its relation with its Arab neighbors and the perceived involvement of U.S. in it. It also discusses the concern's of the U.S. regarding the safety of the hostages taken in Iran.

The article delves into the issue of high-cost medical care and procedures, and the comparison of their efficiency to the alternative care, according to various studies in the U.S. as of January 2020. Topics discussed include findings of a study by Robert Harrington and colleagues about cardiac care including surgery and non-surgery procedures, amount of money wasted due to unnecessary treatment, and incidents of over-treatment and cascade of care according to researcher Ishani Ganguli.

The article discusses health insurance benefits and presents some insight into the policies of several countries in terms of medical care, including the U.S., Switzerland, and Taiwan, and also provides some statistics on how the U.S. compares to other countries. U.S. President Barack Obama's 2010 health care reform legislation is mentioned and the author argues that opponents of Obama's law are misguided when they use the free market theory as a defense of their position. The Swiss model of an individual health insurance mandate is also examined.

The article describes the advanced technology and high quality of care offered by Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals in the U.S. Because of reforms in the accessibility to patient information, investment in preventative care, and the innovative use of a bar code system that links patients with their medication, VA hospitals are able to keep cost low and quality high. Veterans' groups want health-care coverage expanded, but Congress has no plans to enlarge the scope of their health care.

The article discusses the significance for medical personnel to ensure quality of medical care provided to patients in the U.S. It notes that thousands of patients die needlessly or have the quality of their remaining life irreparably damaged due to incompetent medical care by physicians, stressing that few standards of ethics or practice have been set within the American Medical Association (AMA). Harvard University professor of legal medicine William Curan emphasizes the importance of including medical ethics which focuses more on patients' rights and patients' equity in medical care in medical schools curriculum.

The article focuses on the political career of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson. It states that Johnson has reorganized the country's health services to guarantee better care. Furthermore, it notes that he has defended his Viet Nam policies and driven his listeners with a taunt concerning their own disputes.

The article reports on the changes of the practice of medicine in the U.S. that created a breach in the traditional doctor-patient relationship. It cites the result of a medical research which reveals that doctors have become preoccupied with the diseases than with the patients. This was backed by the concurring statement of Dr. Martin Cherkasky of Bronx's Montefiore Hospital in New York City. Also noted is the introduction of specialization in medicine and its effect on the practice.

The article offers information on the intensive medical care and treatment at the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Manhattan, New York for patients who suffer from stroke. It states that the institute provides basic therapy for recovering patients with hemiplegia and notes that hemiplegics are compulsive as they are used to moving at a fast pace. Moreover, the specialists evaluate patients on physical potential, medical problems, and language disability before treating them.

The article focuses on the experiences of Captain Richard K. Cole as psychiatrist for the U.S. 5th Cavalry Regiment in Korea. He diagnosed one of his patients, a squad leader, as a true case of combat exhaustion and suggested for him to have another job with the military. Another patient, a sergeant and squad leader, came to Cole after being traumatized from one his soldiers dying. It explains that psychiatrists during that time in Korea were tasked to prevent permanent mental damage to soldiers.

This article profiles the efforts of Andy Grove, co-founder of Intel, to bring attention to the United States' healthcare programs. He takes issue with the fact that the system still operates with a non-automated system. He also talks about imagining the U.S. as a company in order to think about the need of an independent fuel consumption system.

Focuses on Bill Davis, a doctor in the Northern California town of Winters, who was disappointed in the managed care system. His experience at Sutter West Medical Group, part of a health-care system; Efforts of the town residents to start a nonprofit health-care foundation owned and operated by them.

The article reports on the medical emergency service in Moscow, Soviet Union, by profiling the work of one ambulance team on a day. The team, as reported, went to attend an emergency call at 3:35 p.m. relating to chest pains and dizziness. It is reported that, by 4:05 p.m. the team headed by doctor Vladimir Serov reached the place and after examining the 55-year-old man it was decided to hospitalize him. The emergency telephone number is 03.

The article explores the status of the National Health Service (NHS) in Great Britain. Launched in July 1948, doctors predicted that NHS will lead to a rapid decline in medical standards in Great Britain. NHS encourages patients to get cheap medical advice and free prescriptions. The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that NHS is draining government money. However, a report from physician Henry Cohen and his team has said that NHS is improving after patients were required to pay fees for extra services.

The article offers updates related to medical and health care industry in the U.S. Dr. James Barnes Jr. reports that daily application of high concentration of common granulated sugar under special airtight bandage can treat bedsores. Dr. Edward Cotlier has found out that the enzyme hexosaminidase A can be measured in human tears for early identification of Tay-Sachs disease. Osteopath Patrick Lorey has decided to live in Tombstone, Arizona as part of his probation from selling amphetamines.

The article offers information on the hiring of a new doctor replacing Richard Bullock in the McArthur hospital in Vinton County, Ohio. It informs that Bullock had left the hospital in Febuary 1971. It tells that when Bullock had joined the hospital, there were three other doctors to help meet the area's medical needs. It also informs that the citizens of the city have formed a ten-member search committee with the Ohio State Medical Association for the search of doctors.

The article reports on the failure of the British National Health Service (NHS) to provide medical care for the nation as a whole according to the British Medical Association (BMA) in an editorial in the November 1950 issue of the "British Medical Journal." The bankruptcy of the NHS was predicted. The editorial noted the effect of an unbalanced domestic economy on the partnership between the medical profession and the state. One concern of the BMA is the failure of the government to open enough health centers.