What Is a Therapist? A therapist, also known as a psychotherapist, is a general term that can be applied to individuals who have been trained in and practice one or more types of psychotherapy (talk ...

WASHINGTON (May 2, 2024) — The American Hospital Association (AHA) today released a new report showing that hospitals and health systems continue to experience significant financial pressures that ...

When a young woman earning her Ph.D. in biostatistics came to see psychiatrist Michael Gandal with symptoms of psychosis, she became the fifth person in her immediate family to be diagnosed with a ...

Overall, the study shows that NPs increase the cost of ED care by 7%, or about $66 per patient. Increasing the number of NPs on duty to decrease wait times raised total health care spending by 15%, or ...

Concierge medicine practices can provide this level of patient care because they see fewer patients. MDVIP caps membership at 600 patients per office, says CEO Bret Jorgensen. That is a common ...

In a pair of new studies, Yale researchers document a widespread and increasing level of overcrowding in America’s emergency departments (EDs), a crisis that puts patient safety and access to care at ...

The type of care provided for a specific procedure in an ambulatory surgery center is the same as that provided in an outpatient hospital. Even though a stand-alone facility does not have hospital ...