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Continuity of Care

Even before the time of COVID, urgent care centers (those in the trade call them docs in a box) were the go-to alternative to a long Emergency Department wait or having to see your primary care ...
Healio

Study: Improving continuity of care could also improve appropriate prescribing

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Three personal continuity measures were associated with fewer potentially inappropriate prescriptions. Older ...
Morningstar

Annals of Family Medicine: Two New Studies Examine Continuity of Care in Home-Based Primary Care and Patient Preferences

One study of adults receiving home-based primary care found that greater continuity of care was associated with a lower likelihood of home ambulance services, emergency department visits, and hospital ...
Healio

Q&A: Continuity of primary care lowers health costs

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Continuity of care leads to better health care utilization and lower costs. Health care systems should consider ...

Direct Primary Care Gains Attention as Access and Cost Challenges Persist in Primary Healthcare

Direct Primary Care creates space for meaningful provider-patient relationships”— Chad Carrone SLIDELL, LA, UNITED ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Reexamining the Association of Care Continuity and Health Care Outcomes

Claims-based and patient-reported continuity measures have distinct effects on subjective and objective outcomes. A claims-based continuity indicator may be a unique dimension of care continuity.
Business Wire

Continuity of Care In An Ozempic World: PreventScripts and Leading Southern Physician Group Advise on GLP-1 Drug Use And Continuity of Care

PADUCAH, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PreventScripts, an innovator in preventive digital health tools, and CovenantCare Practices, a healthcare provider to 18,000 patients in locations throughout central ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Association of Wound Healing With Quality and Continuity of Care and Sociodemographic Characteristics

Based on the analysis of electronic health records from 480 clinics, we found that better care quality and continuity are associated with better-than-expected wound healing performance. Objectives: To ...
McKnight's Senior Living

Immigration uncertainty increases costs, threatens continuity of care, industry advocates tell Congress

The loss of foreign-born staff members due to ongoing uncertainty related to immigration status is increasing costs and threatening the continuity of care for older adults, senior living leaders told ...
Medical Xpress

Study recommends better continuity of care with GPs for people with dementia to save NHS money

Better continuity of care with GPs for people with dementia who are in their final year of life can save the NHS money, according to new research from academics at the Cicely Saunders Institute, part ...