Dawn of the Patient-Centered Medical Era

Posted by Marc Lichtenstein on December 12, 2012

“Patient-Centered Medicine” almost sounds like an unnecessary statement. After all, isn’t the practice of all medicine “patient-centered”? The answer is both yes, and no. Medicine may be practiced on the patient,...

PCMH/ACO, Coordinated Care, Patients, Physicians

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Primary Care Physicians and Coordinated Care

Posted by Marc Lichtenstein on November 19, 2012

Football has the quarterback. The symphony has its conductor. Film crews have a producer. Any successful organization will have that one primary coordinator in place who makes all the various moving parts act in concert.

In medicine we...

Physicians, Primary Care, Coordinated Care

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