A crisis of costs. A crisis of care.

America leads the world in health care spending, yet quality and patient satisfaction lag far behind. As our population grows older, the burden of chronic illness will make this challenge even more critical.

We have highly trained medical professionals. We have advanced information technology. And we have growing public demand for change. But unfortunately, we aren’t all working together. Efforts and expenses are duplicated. Information doesn’t always reach the right people at the right time. The most proven treatments are not always utilized.

There is a better way to make the health system work.
It’s by replicating successful delivery systems like the ones we find today in America’s Accountable Physician Practices and multispecialty medical groups.

The Council of Accountable Physician Practices seeks to foster the development and recognition of accountable physician practices as a model for transforming the American health care system.

Superior care. Greater value. Better together.

Integrating Services for Low-Income Seniors Shows Health Care Benefit, by Claire Sowerbutt, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today, December 11, 2007.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 11 -- For low-income seniors, the likelihood of providing the recommended standard of health care services could be enhanced by integrating home-based and institutional services, found researchers here.

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“From High Tech to Soft Touch: The Everett Clinic uses innovative ways to control health care costs,” by Bryan Corliss, Washington CEO, November 26, 2007.

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“CAPP’s 35 MSMGs [multispecialty medical groups] share a common vision as learning organizations dedicated to the improvement of clinical care. Their features include physician leadership and governance; commitment to evidence-based care management processes; well-developed quality improvement systems; team-based care; the use of advance clinical information technology; and the collection, analysis, and distribution of clinical performance information. These features are congruent with the [Institute of Medicine’s] recommendations on key elements needed to redesign delivery systems.”

From Chapter 5, “Developing the Test Bed—Linking Integrated Service Delivery Systems: Council of Accountable Physician Practices,” by Michael A. Mustile, MD. The Learning Healthcare System: Workshop Summary (IOM Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine), edited by LeighAnne Olsen, Dara Aisner, and J. Michael McGinnis, National Academies Press, 2007.

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“A shift from the current care model to a more coordinated care model centered on primary care is one potential way to help stave off the healthcare dilemma.”

“It's too expensive to be a primary-care doctor,” by Debra A. Geihsler, president and CEO of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates & Atrius Health. Boston Globe, July 25, 2007.

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