09.24.09
Something To Think About
At time I get very cynical about healthcare reform. It’s very refreshing to read about something new and it’s being done without government mandates. The lack of mandates makes this whole notion even more interesting. It sort of shows you that healthcare can be reformed.
“Johns Hopkins Care Model Slashes Costs, Raises Quality and Satisfaction
by Maggie Van Dyke
The Johns Hopkins Guided Care model works—from a quality and a cost perspective. The intensive case management approach for older patients with multiple chronic conditions improves the quality of health care and appears to reduce hospitalizations, ED visits, and other expensive medical services. The model is lauded as a type of medical home that is relatively simple to implement. Most important: Everyone involved—patients, family caregivers, nurses, physicians—enthusiastically applauds Guided Care.
Why isn’t this care approach being offered more widely? The missing link is a payment source.”
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