The 15-minute physician's appointment is hurting healthcare, according to Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, anesthesiologist, critical care physician and senior vice president at Baltimore-based Johns ...

If they once worked in doctor’s offices, the 15-minute appointment is unrealistic in today’s primary care practice, according to one doc. Frank recalls when she was a high school student 30 ...

Currently, insurance seems to pays hospitals, clinics and doctors only enough to justify 15-minute appointments. How, then, did insurance companies decide that 15 minutes is enough? As this piece ...

The report also said face-to-face GP appointments would last for at least 15 minutes by 2030, with more delivered remotely through digital and video channels. RCGP chair Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard ...