decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2025 Issue 6 (June)
Survey: Patient wait times rising across specialties, except ortho
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Article Overview
This article reviews findings from an AMN Healthcare survey of physician offices across 15 metropolitan areas, focusing on how new-patient appointment wait times have changed over time. It is relevant for readers tracking access-to-care trends in primary and specialty practices, and it references comparative results by specialty and metro area along with the survey source and timeframe.
Why This Topic Matters
The article helps readers understand broad access-to-care patterns, especially changes in scheduling delays across large U.S. metro areas and how those changes vary by specialty. It is useful for healthcare administrators, practice managers, analysts, and revenue-cycle or access-to-care stakeholders monitoring market-level physician availability.
What You Will Learn
- How the survey measures appointment wait times across multiple metropolitan areas
- Which specialties and metro areas are highlighted in the wait-time trends
- How the reported wait-time patterns changed over the survey timeline
- Which organization conducted the survey and when the data were collected
Who Should Read This
- Physician practice administrators
- Healthcare analysts
- Medical office managers
- Access-to-care stakeholders
- Payers and health services researchers
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