| Description |
x, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Lange medical book |
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Lange medical book.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One -- The Primary Care Home -- The Primary Care Home -- What is Primary Care? -- Why Primary Care? -- The Value of a Primary Care Home -- The Endangered Primary Care Home -- Can Primary Care Fulfill its Vision? -- Putting the Primary Care House in Order -- Chapter Two -- A New Practice Model for Primary Care -- Building the New Practice Model -- Is the New Practice Model Feasible? -- Chapter Three -- Patient-Centered Care: Finding the Balance -- What is Patient-Centered Care? -- Patient-Centered Care in the Patient-Clinician Encounter -- Patient-Centered Care in the Primary Care Microsystem -- Patient-Centered Care in the Health Care Macrosystem -- Patient-Centered Care Meets Cultural Competence -- Barriers to Patient-Centered Care -- Conclusion: Patient-Centered Care is a Partnership -- Chapter Four -- Improving Primary Care for Patients with Chronic Illness -- The Chronic Care Model -- Implementing the Chronic Care Model -- Do Chronic Care Model Components Improve Clinical Outcomes? -- Does the Chronic Care Model Save Money? -- Changing Primary Care to Incorporate the Chronic Care Model -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five -- Self-Management Support for People with Chronic Illness -- Traditional Versus Collaborative Relationships -- Implementing Self-management Support in Clinical Practice: the 5 A?s -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six -- Improving Timely Access to Primary Care -- Three Access Models for Primary Care -- Case Studies of Advanced Access -- Research on Advanced Access -- Confronting Problems -- How to Begin -- Chapter Seven -- Alternatives to the 15-minute Visit -- Group Visits -- Virtual Encounters -- Conclusion -- Chapter Eight -- Computerizing the Primary Care Home -- The Roles of Electronic Health Care -- Techies and Luddites -- The Benefits of Computerization -- Conclusion -- Chapter Nine -- Health Care Teams in Primary Care -- Groups and Teams -- A Brief History of Primary Care Teams in the United States -- Two Contemporary Primary Care Teams -- Building Teams -- Research Studies on Primary Care Teams -- The Problems with Teams -- Introducing Teams into Primary Care -- Chapter Ten -- Diagnosing and Treating the Primary Care Practice -- What is a Microsystem? -- Diagnosing the Primary Care Microsystem -- Treating the Primary Care Microsystem -- Conclusion -- Chapter Eleven -- Payment for Primary Care -- The Primary Care Specialty Income Gap -- The Key Role of Volume -- Fee-for-Service Payment and the New Practice Model -- What Could be done to Change the Situation? -- Chapter Twelve -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Some Organizations and Resources Demonstrating Innovative Primary Care Practices -- Appendix B -- Assessing your Practice -- Appendix C -- Diagnosing Problems in your Practice -- Appendix D -- Primary Care Patient Survey -- Appendix E -- Primary Care Staff Satisfaction Survey -- Appendix F -- Resources on Cultural Competence Health Literacy -- Appendix G -- Office Visit Cycle Time -- Appendix H -- Interruptions in the Day?s Work -- Appendix I -- Group Visit Starter Kit -- Appendix J -- Resources Available from Improving Chronic Illness Care -- Appendix K -- Patient Assessment of Chronic Care -- Appendix L -- Self-management Support Tools -- Appendix M -- Self-management Support Assessment -- Appendix N -- Review of Evidence on the Chronic Care Model -- Appendix O -- Review of Evidence on Primary Care Teams Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Family medicine -- Practice -- United States.
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Primary care (Medicine) -- United States.
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Primary Health Care.
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Practice Management, Medical.
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| Author |
Grumbach, Kevin.
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| LC no. |
2007270585 |
| ISBN |
0071447385 ($30.00) |
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9780071447386 |
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