Anchorage Native Primary Care Center shortens the wait

A year ago, Anchorage Native Primary Care Center, one of the teaching sites for family medicine clerkship students, began trying new scheduling methods and other innovations to shorten their patients' wait for a doctor's appointment. According to a New York Times report on ideas to improve medical office practice, the methods have relieved delays and decreased the number of rushed visits at the clinic, which provides primary care for more than 20,000 patients.

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