Medical Home – Healthcare Economist

On the promise and peril of health systems

2020-12-09Jason Shafrin2 Comments

Integrated delivery networks. IDNs. Accountable Care Organizations. ACOs. Systems of care. Health systems. Whatever you call them, many health policy experts claim that they are the best way for the U.S. health care system to deliver high quality care in a cost-effective manner. But is that really the case? A commentary by UCSD professor and…

Patient Centered Medical Home: Is your doctor ready?

2012-01-17Jason Shafrin1 Comment

The answer is probably not. The NCQA defines 149 factors which would make a practice a successful medical home. These include physician access during and after office hours, electronic access to patients information, availability of clinical data and use of that data for population management, identification of high risk patients, ability to refer patients to…