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The concentration of middle-aged and older patients visiting doctors' offices increased between 1998 and 2008, and, between 1978 and 2008, the majority of visits by senior citizens shifted from primary-care doctors to specialists, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report based on data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. According to the report, while the percentage of the U.S. populace age 45 and over has increased to 38% from 33%, the percentage o

Increasing Hospital Revenue Through Gift Shop Optimization

Published on 2010-07-08 13:26:00

Increasing Hospital Gift Shop Revenue Improving hospital revenue can be a daunting task if one does not know where to start. With so many different areas to choose from, where do you start? We're going to go over one area of the hospital business, that when optimized correctly, can lead to a boost of revenues over 200% - the hospital gift shop. Hospital gift shops are a critical important part of the service that hospitals provide staff, visitors and patients at their facility. Creating an inv

Article By Tony Paquin Featured in Voluntary Benefits Magazine

Published on 2010-06-29 15:30:00

In April 2010, Voluntary Benefits Magazine featured an article by Mr. Tony Paquin of Paquin Healthcare Companies titled after his recent book "The Retail Healthcare Revolution" The article can be found and read here: http://bit.ly/duDVHx The interesting article features the changes in healthcare thinking on the part of the patient and his/her interaction in online health systems and with the hospital. How a hospital should react in light of this understanding is not defined in the article

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