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Category: Workforce
Primary Care’s Impact on Outcomes
Expanding the primary care workforce is viewed as a solution to the health needs of Americans. However, current research suggests that more nuanced metrics are necessary to reveal the ideal physician-to-population ratio. While expanding the primary care physician (PCP) workforce Continue Reading …
Coordinated Care: Show me the money!
Policy makers are scrambling to find ways to reduce the cost of health care. One mechanism, converting a fee-for-service system to a prospective payment system, faces uphill battles at home and abroad. Proposed changes in health care delivery and financing, Continue Reading …
Non-Physician Clinicians
With sixteen million more Americans expected to gain health care coverage in the coming years as a result of the Affordable Care Act, access to actual health care providers may become more difficult. This may be especially true for patients Continue Reading …
Implementing ACO’s
One strategy for implementing Accountable Care Organizations is detailed in the case study of Advocate Physician Partners. This case report describes Advocate Physician Partners (APP) in Illinois, a physician-hospital Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model which seeks to integrate independent physician Continue Reading …
The Future of Nursing
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) developed a diverse committee comprised of nursing leaders across the country to study the future needs of the nursing profession. The Committee on the RWJF Initiative on the Continue Reading …
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