Healthcare is joining the network economy.
Let’s adapt strategy and business models for
success during the upcoming transformation.
I know — you’re thinking that using “geek” and “wisdom” in the same sentence is an oxymoron. Bear with me — I’m trying to make a really important point in today’s posting. Interoperability has multiple dimensions — and I’d bet that most of us have never thought of interoperabilty as involving “process” — people working together [...]
by Tom Doerr, MD and Randy Bak, MD, JD What if the health care payer were re-imagined as a service to the primary care doctor – supplying the tools, information and funding primary care physicians needed to meet the call to reform health delivery? The structure of physician payment is considered one of the most [...]
We have learned that coordinating care of patients — particular care of Medicare patients — is complex and time consuming for physicians. A breakthrough study quantifies just how complex and challenging care coordination really is. The study is reported in the February 17 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine and is entitled Primary Care Physicians’ Links to Other Physicians Through Medicare [...]
“Why can’t we all just get along?” Rodney King The Megatrend: Collaborative Care Management Networks (CCMNs) It’s been quite a while since I spotted a new Disease Management Megatrend, but here’s one that’s long overdue: Collaborative Care Management Networks will be necessary to achieve optimal care coordination. The trend in a nutshell: payers (and others) are [...]
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