Younger patients and those with several chronic illnesses are more likely to report difficulties with care coordination than older patients with just one chronic illness,
Under this model, primary care doctors manage all of the patient’s care and coordinate with specialists to improve quality and reduce costs.
In many other countries, doctors are routinely available after hours and on the weekends. Not so in the U.S., but that may be changing.
A “medical home” aims to be a practice where the doctor doesn’t keep you waiting, does keep you healthy, and works with a team to deliver better care cheaper.
Despite the anecdotal evidence, substantial data has yet to emerge showing that the medical home model saves money or lives.
Swedish Community Health is a pilot program, built on a model called the patient-centered medical home. The focus is on wellness, disease prevention and day-to-day management of chronic illnesses.
“Direct care practices’” in which patients pay a monthly fee for primary care services may help cut health costs and attract more providers to primary care.
Medical students generally prefer the bigger paychecks and greater prestige of specialties.
The concept of a “medical home”—a clinic where you are followed by a team of primary care providers who know you and can coordinate your care—is getting more attention these days. (See NPR’s story on Swedish Medical Center’s “medical home” program in Ballard below.) Here Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare [...]
Seattle’s KPLU reporter Keith Seinfeld has a story on NPR this week about Swedish Hospital’s new “medical home” clinic in Ballard. LocalHealthGuide’s story from March is below. By Keith Seinfeld, NPR News August 7, 2009 This story comes from KHN partner NPR When President Obama and other Democrats talk about changing the health care system, [...]
The idea behind the medical-home model is to create a primary-care team that provides continuous, coordinated care to patients at one location.
Obama to play greater role in crafting health reform package To date, President Barack Obama has by and large left the details of health care reform legislation to Congress, but no longer, reports Sheryl Gay Stolberg in the Sunday New York Times. Stolberg writes: “…Mr. Obama has grown concerned that he is losing the debate [...]
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