The Maine Developmental Disabilities Council recently partnered with the Maine Primary Care Association (MePCA) to improve care for adults with intellectual or developmental disability (IDD). The Council had observed that many people with IDD seem to avoid going to primary care physicians when they needed care. Quoted in a case study by the Agency for […]
Editor’s Note: This story, first published by Kaiser Health News, describes adjustments made by patients and clinicians at River Bend Family Medicine, a physician’s office in Maryland, during the coronavirus outbreak. It demonstrates both the advantages of telemedicine and the irreplaceable role of personal relationships in medicine. Patients would often stop by River Bend Family […]
Healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente (KP) has had success with a program designed to control cost while improving outcomes for individuals who represent the top 5% of patients in the KP system based on cost. The program, which KP calls “leveraged primary care,” succeeds by improving the frequency and effectiveness of outreach to engage with patients […]