According to data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, there are 990.8 million physician office visits every year in the US alone, with over half of those visits made to primary care physicians. For every 100 people there are more than 300 visits to the doctor annually, and nearly 40 hospital outpatient visits. One can only imagine the numbers on a global scale.
With the number of doctor and hospital visits growing each year, appointments often must be scheduled weeks or months in advance, exam rooms are frequently overbooked, medical staffing resources are stretched thin, and waiting room … [Read More]
