Health news about the COVID‑19 pandemic is constantly in flux, highlighting the necessity of reliable, evidence-based health advice for consumers to make personal health decisions.
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Having spent two years sifting through conflicting guidance from traditional media outlets and social media platforms, more Americans are realizing the benefits of personalized care and greater communication with their healthcare provider.
Unlike traditional medical practice models that frequently require high quantities of patient throughput, concierge medicine practice models that allow for smaller patient panels increase the amount of time providers can spend with patients during examinations and between scheduled visits. This additional time enables providers to conduct thorough medical examinations and design personalized, proactive health optimization plans and treatment approaches for their patients. This holistic, integrative approach has demonstrated improved health outcomes.
Consumers who can afford concierge medicine memberships value these services. According to a recent poll from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, NPR, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 22% of the top 1% highest-income adults currently participate in concierge medicine.
As expected, the supply of concierge medicine providers and membership-based medical practices has expanded nationwide to meet growing market demand. Most leading health systems are adopting some type of premium clinical service offering. Of the top 25 academic medical centers (AMCs):[1]
- 76% offer executive health programs.
- 40% provide concierge primary care medicine.
- 28% offer both.
Only 3 of the top 25 AMCs offer neither executive health nor concierge medicine services. Click here to continue>>
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