Picture doctors with the tools they need to truly enhance care. Teams of top-notch care-givers, primary care physicians, specialists, care managers, dieticians, health educators and nurses. Sharing vital information and treatment knowledge.
Picture patients at the center, surrounded by coordination and communication. Their medical information where they need it, when they need it, accurately recorded in a single medical record. Getting the care they need to stay healthy and the best treatments to help them return to health when they are ill.
Picture health care that works for everyone. Promoting wellness and providing the most appropriate treatments, resulting in healthier people, and in turn, reducing the cost burden on the entire system.
At Accountable Physician Practices and multispecialty medical groups across the country, this picture is already a reality.
And we’re only just beginning to make the case.
A recent report from Dartmouth published in Health Affairs concludes: “Instead of financing further growth in our medical education system, resources might be better directed to reorganizing delivery systems to models of FFS [Fee-For-Service] and prepaid group practice that have already demonstrated that they can deliver good care at relatively low costs.”
“End-Of-Life Care At Academic Medical Centers: Implications For Future Workforce Requirements,” by David C. Goodman, Thérèse A. Stukel, Chiang-hua Chang, and John E. Wennberg. Health Affairs, March 2006, Volume 25, No. 2.
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Updated11/30/2009