Tag Archives: Relationship-based care

2016 JQS Award Winner

Transforming Healthcare: Iora Health’s Innovative Model Focuses on Building Deep Relationships with Patients

by Joel Lazar, MD, MPH • June 7, 2016 • One Comment

Editor’s Note: Iora Health was named 2016 John Q. Sherman Award for Excellence in Patient Engagement winner for Dartmouth Health Connect, an innovative project that is transforming the way healthcare is delivered. The model has eliminated fee-for-service and is transforming traditional care: Instead, the practice focuses on building partnerships and deep relationships with patients. Their […]

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Joel Lazar, MD, MPH Dr. Joel Lazar serves as Medical Director of Dartmouth Health Connect, a primary care practice in Hanover, NH, and is also a member of the Clinical Leadership Council of Iora Health, the practice's parent company. Dr. Lazar received his BA and his MD from the University of Pennsylvania, and completed his residency in Family Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. He has also earned an MPH from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Prior to his work with Iora Health, Dr. Lazar served in clinical and leadership roles first with the Indian Health Service in Shiprock, NM, and then in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.

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Paths to Patient-Centered Care

Exceeding Expectations: Moving from Task-based to Relationship-based Care

by Christine Winters • February 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

Patient-centered care. Family-centered care. Relationship-based care. I see these terms used freely around the Internet and blogosphere. I suspect they mean different things to different people, but as a patient advocate, I think they merit serious discussion. In shifting from a task-based approach to more a patient- and family-centered model of care that seeks to […]