The Impact of Primary Care: A Focused Review Scientifica Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 432892, 22 pages In this focused review paper, Leiyu Shi of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. aims to identify research evidence on the value of primary care both in the USA and internationally, focusing on the importance of effective […]
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Medicare’s Transitional Care Payment — A Step toward the Medical HomeMarch 2, 2013
Medicare’s Transitional Care Payment — A Step toward the Medical Home — NEJM“” The US medicare funders have acted to shift more funding to primary care. They have announced the creation of a fee for service item number for primary care clinicians to conduct a post discharge consultation and perform coordination activities after hospital or […]
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Guidelines for people, not dieasesMarch 2, 2013
 Hughes LD, McMurdo ME, Guthrie B. Guidelines for people not for diseases: the challenges of applying UK clinical guidelines to people with multimorbidity. Age Ageing 2013;42(1):62-69. The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) develops management guidelines for the UK NHS based on international best evidence. This study looked at five recent guidelines for […] |
Are you an Aussie?January 26, 2013
Here are Richard Glover’s 43 top ways to tell if you’re a local. You know you’re Australian if … 1. You know the meaning of the word “girt”. 2. You believe that stubbies can be either drunk or worn. 3. You think it’s normal to have a Treasurer called Wayne. 4. You waddle when you […] |
Which of today’s ads will make our grandchildren laugh?January 22, 2013
They just don’t make ads like these anymore (apart from ads for margarine, vitamins, laundry detergents,beer, departments stores,bras …..) See the full gallery on Posterous I wonder which of our current advertisements will be laughed at by our grandchildren. Cars? Petrol? CDs? iPads? Plane travel? Hat tip to Brendan and Tanya |
Quora : A Happier New Year?January 2, 2013
How can you have a happier 2013? Perhaps you cpuld ask Quora. Quora is a question and answer website – ask a question, and the ‘crowd’ answers. Users can vote for the best answers, promoting them up the list, as well as editing other peoples answers to get the most correct response. Quora is a continually […] |
Benefits of the Medical Home – ReportSeptember 24, 2012
The Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative has just released a report on the ‘Benefits of Implementing the Patient Centred Medical Home‘. This report documents the outcomes of a number of projects based around the medical home model of care. There are three broad conclusions. As medical home implementation increases, better health, better care and lower […] |
Family Physicians Are ‘Linchpin’ of US Health Care Reform EffortsSeptember 24, 2012
In response to the growing crisis in health care costs, public and private payers have launched scores of innovative health care delivery and payment models designed to reward the value of health care services instead of the volume of services. “It is pretty hard to think about increasing value in the health care system without […]
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Primary Care for the 21st Century: Ensuring a Quality, Physician-led Team for Every PatientSeptember 24, 2012
 The AAFP this week launched its report “Primary Care for the 21st Century: Ensuring a Quality, Physician-led Team for Every Patient ” The United States is adopting a new model of primary care built around patients and delivered by teams. As a key element of this approach, primary care medical practices are being called upon […] |
Tweets from the World Healthcare Networks ConferenceAugust 22, 2012
 The World Healthcare Networks Conference has recently been held in Cairns. This is a summary of my ‘tweets’ from the conference Determinants of health and combating disadvantage The potential scope of work for Medicare Locals in combating disadvantage is huge. The National Centre for Socail and Economic Modelling estimates that the savings from closing the […] |
