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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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Updated 07/23/2008.