There has been a massive decline in outpatient office visits as patients have stayed home — likely deferring needed care — because of COVID-19, new research shows. The number of visits to ambulatory ...

Higher use of performance-based payment mechanisms and capitated arrangements is associated with a decrease in the amount of time physicians spend with patients with cancer. Forty-two percent of ...

Independent optometry faces a significant challenge: patients often arrive unprepared for their 45-minute annual eye exam, ...

Expanding ways to treat eye pain could reduce the burden on the emergency department (ED) and other areas of the health care system. Eye burning, aching, and irritation can all be used to define eye ...

New data and analysis provided by the Chartis Group and Kythera Labs show telehealth usage for outpatient visits rose from 1% pre-pandemic to 10% in June 2022. According to millions of claims tracked ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Flu vaccine effectiveness ranged from 34% to 60% among children and adolescents from 2021 to 2024. The ...

A causal relationship appears to exist between increased air pollution and outpatient visits for chronic rhinitis, according to a study published in The Laryngoscope. Su Hwan Kim, from Gyeongsang ...