Oregon setting the trend for medical home movement

You know the painstaking chore of taking your child to the doctor, or even just making it there yourself? Your days are already filled with spreadsheets and spilled coffee, muddy paw prints and picking up kids from soccer practice. Doctors’ offices are often closed on the weekends, and who has time to make it during lunch or pull the kids out of school?

Of course after the visit, while speeding off to your next appointment across the city, don’t forget to stop at the pharmacy for cold medicine and lozenges before you head back to work.

“Medical homes” are the new option we’ve all been searching for to make things a little easier. Well, a lot easier.