In the following post, D’Amore-McKim School of Business Professor Timothy Hoff examines relational care blockades in the U.S. and the UK and highlights the critical need for more general practice physicians. There is a physician…
In the following post, D’Amore-McKim School of Business Professor Timothy Hoff examines the benefits of strong doctor-patient relationships and what the weakening of those ties means for health care in general. A version of this post was originally published…
In the following post, D’Amore-McKim School of Business Professor Timothy Hoff explains the impact of the changing payment landscape for healthcare professionals and how their task-heavy job roles are having a negative effect on worker…
In the following post D’Amore-McKim School of Business Professor Timothy Hoff discusses why primary care providers could see an increase in group medical visits. Group visits in health care, particularly primary care, are not a…
In the following post, D’Amore-McKim School of Business Professor Timothy Hoff discusses the increasingly important role of medical assistants and why we should pay more attention to how they impact the healthcare industry. From Modern Healthcare The…
No industry in the American economy is undergoing more change at the present time than health care. The same might be said for other countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, and Germany. Underfunded…
Nurse practitioners are assuming a more prominent role in primary care. Maryland is the latest state to allow this group to practice independently, and the Veterans Health Administration may soon follow suit. The drivers for this…
From Yahoo! Finance The recent move by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) to open low-cost in-store health care clinics had some observers suggesting the company’s ability to offer competitive prices could hurt others in the space. Jennifer LaPerre, Wal-Mart U.S….
By Timothy Hoff, Associate Professor of Management and Organizational Development, Healthcare Systems and Health Policy at Northeastern’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business and School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. Even the best ideas can be…
