All stakeholders in our health system (providers, drug manufacturers, insurers, legislators, etc.) lay claim to being consumer- or patient-centric. But what does this concept mean? At various points in the healthcare engagement life-cycle (from self-care to selecting insurance coverage, to choosing among treatments) what options and support do consumers really want our health system to provide?
Join The Commonwealth Fund, Missouri Foundation for Health, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation (Community Catalyst) at:
The event will bring together leaders of innovative health systems across the country to talk about the connection between health care coverage and health care innovations that improve quality of care and health.
This second Starfield Summit will bring together a diverse and dynamic group of people with interest in decreasing health disparities and achieving health equity.
This summit will afford attendees the opportunity to collaborate in paving paths towards health equity and social accountability. The work of the summit will act as a catalyst for action and create coordinated networks that tap into the strength of existing partnerships and create new coalitions and collaborations.
Primary care is confronted with challenges from all sides. Primary care leaders and teams must navigate financial constriction, low workplace morale, restrictive payment models, rising health care costs, increasingly aging populations, the integration of behavioral health, and patient satisfaction. In 2017, new payment policies will also present new challenges and opportunities for today’s primary care teams. Through this case-based, executive education program, participants will learn how to successfully prepare for changes in payment and navigate challenges with ease.
The health policy literature is filled with references to providers, but patients are all too often left out of the conversation regarding how to best meet their needs. Growing attention to patient-centered care – with the attendant need for a better understanding of patient goals, better methods for engaging patients in their care, and better measures of outcomes that have meaning for patients – recognizes the moral and practical need to view patients as the center of the health care system.
Learn about the pioneers of hotspotting and the Coalition’s ongoing evolution in the Center Primary Care’s newest case!
Andrew L. Ellner, M.D., is Co-Director of the Center for Primary Care, an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a primary care physician at the Phyllis Jen Center for Primary Care. At the Center he oversees the systems transformation portfolio and research.
Behavioral health issues such as addiction, anxiety and depression are often thought of as secondary health issues. But to positively impact health outcomes, it is important to deliver comprehensive integrated care that addresses a person’s physical and behavioral health care needs.
Behavioral health issues such as addiction, anxiety and depression are often thought of as secondary health issues. But to positively impact health outcomes, it is important to deliver comprehensive integrated care that addresses a person’s physical and behavioral health care needs.
To help support professionals in providing integrated care services, we are delivering a series of office-based training sessions. Offerings are targeted for primary care physicians (PCPs), skilled nursing facilities/assisted living facilities and behavioral health professionals.
