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Mid-level providers are moving on up
Over the past several decades, there has been a dire need for primary care services across the United States, especially in rural and poor urban settings. This need has increased dramatically with more citizens insured through the . Mid-level providers Continue Reading …
Toppling the Ivory Tower of Medicine
Last summer’s Institute of Medicine report on Graduate Medical Education (GME) raised vociferous concerns from stakeholders ranging from academic medicine (Association of American Medical Colleges), hospitals (American Hospital Association), and organized medicine (American Medical Association). In this Health Policy Report Continue Reading …
Smaller is Better
More than 3.9 million “ambulatory care-sensitive” admissions of adults were made to US hospitals in 2010, with as much as 40% of them being preventable. But which primary care practices are best at preventing these kind of avoidable hospitalizations? Researchers Continue Reading …
The Patient-Centered Medical Home
In a 2014 article published in Health Services Research, researchers compared health care utilization and payments between the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recognized patient-centered medical home (PCMH) practices and practices without such recognition. The study conducted three annual Continue Reading …
The Provocateurs (Episode 2)
The July episode of the Provocateurs is LIVE on YouTube featuring Renée Volny Darko, Cedric Dark, Tyree Winters and a guest appearance by Todd Johnson. Watch it now:
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