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Patient Journey Mapping: How Attached and Unattached Community Members Access Primary Care [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

This study will be used by the Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Ontario Health Team (FLA-OHT) to guide design a person-centered medical home. This data was then coded into a final patient journey map model including phases, touchpoints, feelings, thoughts, actions, and opportunities for improvement.

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Sickle Cell Crises: A Deep Dive into Patterns of Readmissions at an Academic Medical Center [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

We noted that a small number of patients are readmitted multiple times. This indicates poor quality of life (QOL) for SCD patients and a high financial burden on the healthcare system. Objective: Describe the trends in sickle cell admissions between Jan 2020 and Dec 2023 at an academic medical center (AMC) in Augusta, Georgia.

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Enhancing primary healthcare capacity : A qualitative study from the perspective of managers of PHC institutions in China [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design: A qualitative study Setting: Primary care setting in Shanghai, China Population Studied, 15 directors of the high-quality development pilot community health service centers in Shanghai were selected as interviewees.

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Payer Mix Association with Primary Care Telehealth Service Trajectories [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Previous studies documented that the type of insurance coverage was associated with the likelihood of a patient receiving care through telehealth. The primary exposure was the percentage of Medicaid patients’ claims at clinic level. Dataset: Insurance claims submitted to APCD from April through December, 2020.

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Permanente Live webinar — Finding success in value-based care

Permanente Medicine

But there is still much to be learned about how and why it benefits patients and health care systems. We are dedicated to the mission of improving the health of our patients and communities. The pursuit of value-based care has long been a clarion call for strengthening the American health care system. million Kaiser Permanente members.

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Manifestation of Primary Care Features in Shanghais Family Doctor Service and Their Impact on Health: A Mixed-Methods Study [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis: Employing a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design, the study involved a quantitative phase that calculated the person-centered primary care measure (PCPCM) score and its correlation with EQ VAS scores using a two-stage random sampling method. 1.32), confirmed by instrumental variable tests.

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Oregon-based medical group Northwest Permanente announces affiliation with The Permanente Medical Group of Northern California

Permanente Medicine

NWP and TPMG are physician-led, independent Permanente Medical Groups who partner exclusively with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan to provide care for their patients in Oregon, southwest Washington, and Northern California. Most transactions are largely focused on size, scale, and finance. million members in California.

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