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Category Archives: Primary Care
Hope is On the Way for Primary Care Practice
At a March 12 conference sponsored by the ABIM Foundation, we heard descriptions on how primary care can and should be improved to: enhance the patient experience; improve quality and bring joy back into practice.
Putting Joy Into Practice: A Journey Into Primary Care
Dr. Christine Sinsky is on a mission to improve the work-life of primary care physicians and clinicians to improve care and attract physicians to primary care. A member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Sinsky is a board certified internist who practices internal medicine at Medical Associates Clinic [...]
Attracting Physicians to Primary Care
In 2010, David Reuben wrote that if primary care was to be once again an attractive specialty to pursue, simply increasing the reimbursement levels would not be enough. Rather, the working conditions and job content would also have to change. A strong primary care workforce is crucial to improving the quality of care in this [...]
Compassionate Care Requires Compassionate Systems
In the article, “An Agenda For Improving Compassionate Care: A Survey Shows About Half of Patients Say Such Care Is Missing,” published in Health Affairs (September 2011, Vol. 30 No. 9), Beth Lowen et al. make a good case for the connection between compassionate care and quality outcomes and patient experiences. The authors also conclude [...]
Part-Time Women
In a recent op-ed in The New York Times, Dr. Karen S. Sibert opines that female physicians working part-time are contributing to a physician shortage and are “not making full use of their training” and the societal resources invested in medical education and residency. She also has the following message for current and aspiring female [...]
Semper Paratus: How to Help Patients Make Better Decisions About Emergency Care
Unnecessary trips to the emergency department are expensive and disruptive for doctors and patients. They are also fairly common. Here is a patient’s perspective on the problem, courtesy of Jessie Gruman of the Center for Advancing Health. In the spirit of “Show Me, Don’t Tell Me,” her post includes recommendations about how clinicians and others [...]
Accountable Care Organizations Waltzing With Medical Professionalism
After the release of the proposed regulations last Thursday, it’s clearer what Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) will look like. They just might be the means to realize medical professionalism in the 21st century.
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