On average, the typical physician sees 3,000 patients per year. Physicians who practice concierge or “retainer” medicine, in contrast, see between only 500 to 1,000 patients each year. We know what this model entails–doctors charge patients anywhere from several hundred to tens of thousands of dollars for their always-on-call medical services.According to MD2.com, the concierge medicine concept has been around since 1996, when Seattle Read more »

One of our favorite things to do is to shed light on healthcare topics and share powerful information with our readers. This time we'd like share with you an article from Catherine Boyle, Chief Operating Officer at Northfield Ministries, to touch on a subject few know about in detail but 24 million suffer from: eating disorders."If one illness killed more young women than all other illnesses combined, there would be just cause for alarm. Outraged Read more »

It is a sad state when the most common response for “Why did you choose that hospital?” is that it was closest to home. I am well aware that success in fast food and drug stores is based on location, location, location. But hospitals? Read more »

According to a study conducted by Trigram America, 88% of people are willing to travel outside their community for outstanding medical care, especially if they can get it affordably.

With national companies like Lowe's sending its employees (over 200,000) to the Cleveland Clinic for cardiac care, suddenly the competitive service area for hospitals just got really, really big.

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