Healthcare today has become disease-centric. We not only focus heavily on the biomedical needs of our patients, but we do it from a disease-defining perspective. We have pathways and guidelines that are disease specific, we have specialty clinics that are disease specific, and our treatments are very focused on treating a disease. Working from this disease-based paradigm has… Read More »
Primary care provider incentives improved access and care under a monthly management payment model As we move to value-based models of care, the role of the primary care physician will play a greater role in managing the overall care of their patients instead of just getting paid to see them. Incentives have always been a positive way to… Read More »
Over the past many years, there has been a belief that there is harm and waste within our healthcare delivery model. The Institute of Medicine supported these views in their landmark publication. Most reformers believe that one of the causes of these issues is the fact that our payment models have been designed to pay for services, based… Read More »
“Use your words,” we say to our children when they are young. “Choose your words carefully,” we say to them as they grow. Words are used in the most common modes of communication, spoken and written. Words have specific meaning and, frequently, words are taken out of context. As healthcare continues to evolve, there are two words that… Read More »
I am blessed to work for an organization that was founded on the principles of the Catholic Church. As time has gone on, there has been a direction of turning over the leadership of the organization to lay leaders. As part of my personal growth, I was asked to journal about how I feel as this transition and… Read More »