Patient Survey of Retail Health Clinics

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

One-Third Lack a Family Doctor

[Staff Reporters]Hospital Access Management

According to results of an online survey of 4,937 US adults conducted by Harris Interactive® between May 2 and 6, 2008 for the Wall Street Journal Online’s Health Industry Edition, 30% of patients who used retail-based health clinics do not have a primary care provider.

Other findings include: 

  • The use of retail-based health clinics has remained consistent over the past few years, with seven percent of US household in 2005, five percent in 2007 and again seven percent in 2008, and;
  • US adults believe retail-based healthcare clinics can provide low-cost basic services to people who cannot afford care (78%) and to anyone when doctors’ offices are closed (81%).  

Assessment

Although an increasing number of participants said they were satisfied with staff qualifications; a narrowing majority were still worried about the qualifications (65%), and the potential that serious medical problems might not be accurately diagnosed (65%).

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Debt-Based Portfolio Decisions

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

An Establishment Checklist

By Staff Writers

Determining the percentage of debt-based assets for any medical investment portfolio – personal, institutional or endowment – is an often difficult decision.

Too much risk may lead to default loss, while too little risk may cause under-performance in the portfolio; neither optimizing the efficient frontier.

And so, the following checklist may help initiate the discussion, or at least take it to another level.

Physician-Executive Checklist for Establishing a Debt-Based Portfolio

 

Action

 

Responsible Party

 

Due Date

 

 

Determine the portfolio 

 

 

 

 

 

portion to be invested

 

 

 

 

 

in debt-based securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Determine what investment

 

 

 

 

 

vehicles are to be used

 

 

 

 

 

(e.g., individual portfolio

 

 

 

 

 

manager, mutual funds)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Determine investment

 

 

 

 

 

characteristics needed and

 

 

 

 

 

what strategies are to be used

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select a portfolio manager or

 

 

 

 

 

choose some other method of

 

 

 

 

 

investing in bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Establish doctor’s accounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communicate desired services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Execute program to establish

 

 

 

 

 

portfolio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review the accounts and

 

 

 

 

 

confirm executed plans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conclusion

How do you determined the percentage and type of debt-based assets that are appropriate for your own personal portfolio; please comment and opine – what other parameters must be considered – are you too risk-tolerant or risk-adverse? Do you even use debt at all?

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