Primary care as a platform for full continuum health care risk management.

نویسنده

  • Brian Klepper
چکیده

Health care clinical and financial risk is a multivectored problem, requiring multivectored solutions that extend beyond primary care. Worksite clinics have emerged that leverage empowered primary care, but incorporate a range of tactics aimed at driving appropriate care and cost by disrupting health care's perverse incentives. This article describes some of those approaches and shows evidence of the performance that can result.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of ambulatory care management

دوره 36 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013