Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Half Of Docs Spend Less Than A Minute Reviewing 485

A new study by Johns Hopkins University researchers underscores what many home care providers have known for a long time - ordering physicians spend way less time on home care duties than they should. The researchers surveyed a nationally random sample of physicians. "Of 1,005 respondents who provided patient care... (n)early half (47 percent) reported spending less than 1 minute [...]
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