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Proactive easy availability to quality care is a major problem. Need integration.
When people do not get the needed care in potentially costly and chronic problems this leads to a cascade of increased costs. This entire area is in need of a top priority in our healthcare delivery.
The potential savings are a big percentage of present expenditures.
Specific proven areas where proactive tools (to identify and treat) are not used frequently.
This includes diabetes, depression, cardiovascular disease, cancer, back problems associated with depression, industrial accidents and other medical problems with several coexisting medical, psychological, social, cultural issues.
We have practical tools and approaches to improve these access problems and earlier identification of costly conditions.
Imagine a world where patients would only have to wait a few minutes to get good care.
The solutions are an incremental application of proven approaches of prevention, system engineering and supporting natural human behavior. Continuity and corrective feedback are part of the process.
Using this approach will save billions of dollars for large private healthcare corporations and make large sums for small groups providing some of the applications.
At first point of service - and before at times - one can provide consistent incentives to identify and treat costly problems and prevent many hospitalizations and extended care facility programs. * Please see chart below for an overview.
We have many proven ways of supporting and rewarding people along the natural flow of healthcare and prevention. This starts in the home and local community and continues and involves: pharmacists, nurses, doctors, chiropractors and many other healthcare professionals along the entire path of healthcare.*
| Grumbach, K Chronic Illness, Comorbidities, and The Need for Medical Generalism Annals of Family Medicine 1:4 - 7 2003
Schundelmeyer, Steve - R.Ph., PhD.; - University of
Minnesota
20% cost savings in pharmacy with face - to - face pharmacist - patient monitoring - studies documenting
Kvetan, Vladimir M.D.- Stop Practising "silo" medicine - Studies and program at Montefiore Medical Center - N.Y. - Collaboration - Critical Care Team and E.R. - provides better cost effective quality care. |
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