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COVID-19 Lessons Chart a Path to a Better Healthcare System

Accountable Care Doctors

Those medical groups and health systems that have strong foundations to provide integrated care are demonstrating the ability to: Rapidly adapt to pandemic conditions by implementing new ways to safely deliver care through telehealth, drive-through testing sites, and alternative venues such as hospital-at-home.

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COVID-19 Lessons: A Path to a Better Health Care System

Accountable Care Doctors

In integrated medical practices, patients typically access their own doctor and care team — as opposed to an outside service — and benefit from advice that draws from the team’s knowledge of the patient’s history via a shared electronic medical record. Today, health care is a team sport.

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Back to the Future: Welcome to the Patient Centered Medical Home (Guest Post)

Health Dialog

There once was a time when if you got sick, you’d call the family doctor. The doctor would take care of you quickly and coordinate any additional care that you needed. In those days, your family doctor was a “home base” for all your medical needs. . It’s a new way to organize how a primary care office works.