Corruption at the point of health service - such as doctors demanding or accepting bribes in order for a patient to secure quicker treatment.

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Indeed, they are some of the most forward-thinking institutions when it comes to managing a patient holistically, versus compensating doctors operating in discrete silos on a fee-for-service basis.

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He said that, in some emergencies - such as the M5 motorway crash near Taunton, Somerset, in November 2011 - it was easier for NHS patient transport staff and vehicles to back up 999 crews than a service run by a different company.

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Recently published data by the Lund Report indicates that Kaiser patients enrolled in their patient portal, which includes secure messaging with doctors, access to clinical data, and self-service transactions, are 2.6 times more likely to stay with the organization than those who are do not participate online (see more on avoiding system leakage in ACOs here).

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So what we're saying is we should have the clinical freedoms to work with the patients for the patients' benefit to work out who takes priority in a cash limited system and make sure the patient gets the quality service that they need for their complaint - not the one that's politically expedient.

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