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Category: Workforce
Holding Caregivers Accountable
Payers for health services have attempted to restructure payment methodologies to align provider incentives with the production of efficient and quality care. Accountable care organizations are the latest iteration of this trend. Section 3022 of the new health reform law Continue Reading …
Reform left-overs make for tasty election issue
A year ago, the American people were up in arms over the health reform debate unfolding in Congress. Nevertheless, after a long and bitter winter, Congress proceeded to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the spring of Continue Reading …
The Social Mission of Medical Education
Medical educators must train those studying to become physicians in the science of medicine. But because many medical schools fund their endeavors through research money, the social mission of medicine often gets neglected. This nation, and by extension its medical Continue Reading …
Re-designing the practice of Medicine
The traditional model of medical practice, where a solo physician controls the management decisions of his or her patients, is slowly yielding to a more collaborative and patient-centered model. Or is it? The general practice of medicine in the United Continue Reading …
The French Connection
The French health care system is viewed by some as the best in the world; multiple payers combine to provide universal care for all of France’s legal residents under the principle of social solidarity. At the turn of the millennium, Continue Reading …
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