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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield joined the program in 2020.) Finally, it seems awkward and unrealistic for a family doctor to tell a specialist that his or her practice style is too aggressive, even if there's good data to back it up. Also, patients may not have a choice of specialists, depending on the insurer's network.

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MyChart Messages the Wild West of Patient Communication

33 Charts

According to Epic, the number of patient messages spiked 151 percent nationally from the period covering the first 11 weeks of 2020 through the end of the year. The local family doctor wants to use antibiotics and we need to know whether we should fly to Dubai. It’s everything written here about electronic health records.