Thursday, March 21, 2013

The Face Of Future Health Care

The Face of Future Health Care by Reed Abelson.  The New York Times.  March 20, 2013.

A profile of Kaiser Permanente as a model for the future of medicine.  Among the features highlighted include (1) how it combines an insurance plan with its own hospitals in an integrated service model, (2) better coordinated care through electronic and computer systems, (3)  emphasis on prevention, (4)  moving care away from the hospital and doctors' offices to home via the Internet, (5)  physicians paid salaries.    Problems faced by the system are also discussed

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