Posted on November 18, 2008 by pookiemd
Final Installment on As the Medical Home Turns:
Yes, students, today is the last installment in PookieMD’s dissertion on the ‘Medical Home’. At our last session, we were midway through reviewing the “10 Simple Rules for the 21st Century Health Care System,” rules to guide the redesign of the health care system. These guidelines were put out by [...]
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Posted on November 14, 2008 by pookiemd
Let’s jump right into the second part of PookieMD’s dissertation on the Medical Home. As you recall, I was reviewing the 10 rules of the medical home, as set forth by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The next three concepts are NOT new, and are, you guessed it, common sense. (Why is common sense so uncommon?)
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Posted on November 13, 2008 by pookiemd
I am intrigued with the idea of the “medical home”.
When hearing about the concept, my first thought was, isn’t this what we are trying to do already?
My second thought was–and just how are we going to pay for all this?
Below is “ Crossing the Quality Chasm: 10 Simple Rules for the 21st Century Health Care System,” [...]
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