Here are 23 statistics from the report, focused on patient visits and efficiency.
Patients seen daily by specialists:
1. One to 10: 10 percent
2. 11 to 20: 39 percent
3. 21 to 30: 34 percent
4. 31 or more: 16 percent
How often specialists fall behind in their appointment schedule:
5. Daily: 25 percent
6. Several times per week: 37 percent
7. Once per week: 13 percent
8. Several times per month: 9 percent
9. Once per month: 4 percent
10. Less than once per month: 6 percent
11. Never: 6 percent
Reasons for falling behind:
12. Physician spends more time than a single visit allots with patients: 79 percent
13. Patients are late or don’t have enough time to fill out paperwork: 66 percent
14. Time spent between appointments recording notes: 49 percent
15. Appointments are booked in too small of windows: 47 percent
16. Appointments are overbooked: 31 percent
17. Physician is on call tending to emergencies: 26 percent
Factors that would improve efficiency:
18. Better technology: 43 percent
19. More non-physician clinical staff: 38 percent
20. Fewer patients scheduled: 29 percent
21. More administrative staff: 19 percent
22. More physicians: 18 percent
23. None of the above: 8 percent
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