Poll Finds Use by Practices of Patient Wait Lists, Some Do, Others Don’t, Affects Patient Safety

Healthcare Finance News writes: According to an MGMA STAT poll, a majority of healthcare organizations are utilizing patient wait lists to fill open appointments. And that’s good because patient wait times can impact patient safety and satisfaction. Major wait times are becoming the norm across the U.S., especially in primary care but also for specialists, and affect patients with private and public insurance such as Medicare and Medicaid. While there are no standard wait time benchmarks in the private sector, they are significant because long wait times can impact patient safety.

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