Primary Care Needs New Innovations to Meet Growing Demands

HealthLeaders
May 27, 2009

The impact of a shrinking pool of primary care providers, combined with an increased demand for primary care services, has created a crisis of sorts in healthcare delivery. Keeping this in mind, now may be the time to consider newer approaches in care delivery in order—especially with healthcare reforms on the horizon—to improve quality and outcomes, according to a new report, Remaking Primary Care: From Crisis to Opportunity by the New England Healthcare Institute.

On the demand side, primary care is faced with a growing percentage of Americans who are living longer, often with one or more chronic diseases. "Most people assume that's just the wave of the Baby Boomers and that's not the case," said Wendy Everett, NEHI's president....

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