Good Doctoring Will Mean Keeping Patients Well

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Good Doctoring Will Mean Keeping Patients Well (US News and World Report)

As part of its Healthcare of Tomorrow series, US News and World Report discusses how “looking after patients' mental and behavioral health needs at the doctor's office is one of the ways that hospitals are embracing the emerging concept of population health.” The article notes various examples of systems that are focusing on population health including Christiana Care Health System in Delaware, Hennepin County Medical Center in Minnesota, and Partners HealthCare System in Massachusetts.
Partners HealthCare specifically is called out as being far along in the process, and this piece shares best practices that its providers (as well as a few others) are taking, including: daily collaboration among providers, nurses, psychologists, and social/community workers for the sickest patients, as well as proactive monitoring; increased integration between primary and behavioral health; use of data analytics; and a “growing array of programs and tools” to increase patient engagement.”


With a goal to be in the top 10 percent of states for healthcare quality and patient experience, Delaware is also taking steps to transform healthcare delivery into a more integrated, team-based, and patient-focused system across all of its providers. The Delaware Center for Health Innovation’s Clinical Committee is designed to assist clinical practices in achieving greater efficiencies and improved outcomes for patients, and both coordinated care and the integration of primary care and behavioral health are among its core focus areas. For more information about how DCHI and the Clinical Commitee are supporting clinical staff with practice transformation, please visit us at https://www.dehealthinnovation.org/patient-consumer-advisory.

 

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