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December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
One goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to improve patients' access to primary care and the coordination of that care.
January 10, 2011 | Journal Article
Physicians need help enhancing communications to other physicians about patients' medical history, chronic conditions and the results of consultations.
October 7, 2010 | Issue Brief
Brief highlights that only 34 percent of office-based physicians have the capability to e-mail patients. Of those, fewer than one in five regularly e-mail their patients.
September 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
According to this brief, almost 75 percent of physicians were accepting all or most new Medicare patients, the vast majority of physicians contracted with managed care plans, and slightly fewer than six in 10 physicians provided charity care in 2008.
April 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Despite calls from numerous organizations and payers to improve coordination of care, there are few published accounts of how care is coordinated in real-world primary care practices. This study by the Center for Studying Health System Change documents strategies that a range of physician practices use to coordinate care for their patients.
March 3, 2009 | Journal Article
Continuity of care with the same primary care physician (PCP), and with the PCP as referral source, were both associated with higher coordination ratings.
February 17, 2009 | Journal Article
Policy-makers and insurers are searching for strategies to improve care coordination and reinvigorate primary care as a critical component of reforming the U.S. health care system.
June 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The Role of Physician and Practice Characteristics.