Medical Practice
Medical Practices Are Going Hybrid
Physician Practices Are Increasingly Adopting Hybrid And Remote Work Models; Yet, They Are Hardly Prepared!
Not very long ago, I wrote a short piece about 2022 trends in medical practice workflow going hybrid. The report's title was "Medical Practices Amid Rising Demand For Hybrid Work Model in 2022." Within the article, I referred to the Stat poll by the Medical Practice Management Organization (MGMA), indicating that medical practices often shifted some of their non-clinical workflows, like billing and prior authorization tasks, to be done remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, after the ease of the pandemic still, most medical practices are keeping their selected workflows remote.
It is imperative to acknowledge from the writing that despite many advantages associated with the remote work prototype or hybrid (remote and on-site work) model, the lack of proper logistic infrastructure renders its implementation somewhat challenging.
Within this essay, I present a different yet relevant view on the issue of the hybrid work model. How unprepared our current system is for such a potentially beneficial undertaking, which, if not approached with caution, may risk physician alienation from the whole concept…
