Ideal Medical Practices
Effective, comprehensive primary care is the foundation of high performing health systems. This multi-contributor blog addresses effective, comprehensive primary care and how we might create a policy environment that truly supports effective, comprehensive primary care.
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Mar 15, 12 10:32AMJohn emailed to say how happy he was for one of his patients with diabetes. The anecdote: “He rarely ever follows up with me and rarely ever gets his blood work done (I always have to beg his wi fe...
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Feb 29, 12 10:22AMWant to see your doctor without an appointment? You may have to pay a little extra. via www.miamiherald.com No surprises here: financial pressures have an impact on behavior. I don't fault the docs fo r...
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Sep 02, 11 08:54AMThe prevailing quality paradigm starts with the simple observation that we can observe gaps in care when we create an evidence based guideline and assess observed care against expected. One study says that...
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Jul 02, 11 06:25AMI'm reading through the Massachusetts AG's report on Examination of Health Care Cost Trends. The report points out many things that are obvious: Payment changes absent substantive changes in care deli very...
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May 16, 11 10:38AMI just read through an interesting policy brief from RWJF on integrating behavioral health and primary care: Druss BG, Walker ER. Mental Disorders and Medical Comorbidity Research Synthesis Report No. 21...
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Mar 05, 11 08:12AMvia careandcost.com There are two recent posts that deserve a read: Paul M Fischer and Brian Klepper's Open Letter to PCPs alerts us to the deleterious effects of the RUC - the Resource Utilization Co mmittee...
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Feb 28, 11 08:40AM"...the complaints I hear from patients, family and friends are never about the dearth of technology but about its excesses." Read the very nice op-ed in: www.nytimes.com We hear this from almost ever yone...
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Feb 27, 11 09:47AMThere was a good article in the May 2010 issues of Health Affairs written by Christine Bechtel and Debra Ness from the National Partnership for Women and Families. They commissioned a number of focus groups...
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Feb 27, 11 09:10AMThe February 10, 2011 edition of Medical Economics published an article about our work. Here's a link to the article. Funny title the journal editors chose. I guess that given our current payment and policy...
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Feb 23, 11 07:51AMI am a family doctor, who recently joined a family practice group after working for 13+ years in a community health center setting. Loved serving patients in great need- was driven out of the health c enter...
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