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Home Research Research Library A Family Medicine Health Technology Strategy for Achieving the Triple Aim for US Health Care A Family Medicine Health Technology Strategy for Achieving the Triple Aim for US Health Care 2015 Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Bazemore, Andrew W, DeVoe, Jennifer E, Weida, T J, Krist, Alex H, Dulin, M F, and Biagioli, F E Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals, and Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Cost Of Care, and Health Information Technology (HIT) Volume 47(8):628-635 Source Family Medicine BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Health information technology (health IT) and health technology, more broadly, offer tremendous promise for connecting, synthesizing, and sharing information critical to improving health care delivery, reducing health system costs, and achieving personal and community health. While efforts to spur adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) among US practices and hospitals have been highly successful, aspirations for effective data exchanges and translation of data into measureable improvements in health outcomes remain largely unrealized. There are shining examples of health enhancement through new technologies, and the discipline of family medicine is well poised to take advantage of these innovations to improve patient and population health. The Future of Family Medicine led to important family medicine health IT initiatives over the past decade. For example, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Center for Health Information Technology and the Robert Graham Center provided important leadership for informing health IT policy and standard-setting, such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services EHR incentives programs (often referred to as “meaningful use.”). As we move forward, there is a need for a new and more comprehensive family medicine strategy for technology. To inform the Family Medicine for America’s Health (FMAHealth) initiative, this paper explores strategies and tactics that family medicine could pursue to improve the utility of technology for primary care and to help primary care become a leader in rapid development, testing, and implementation of new technologies. These strategies were also designed with a broader stakeholder audience in mind, intending to reach beyond the work being done by FMAHealth. Specific suggestions include: a shared primary care health IT center, meaningful primary care quality measures and capacity to assess/report them, increased primary care technology research, a national family medicine registry, enhancement of family physicians’ technology leadership, and championing patient-centered technology functionality. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2014 Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives Go to Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives 2017 Less AND More Are Needed to Assess Primary Care Go to Less AND More Are Needed to Assess Primary Care 2016 A Primary Care Panel Size of 2500 Is neither Accurate nor Reasonable Go to A Primary Care Panel Size of 2500 Is neither Accurate nor Reasonable 2019 Adults with Housing Insecurity Have Worse Access to Primary and Preventive Care Go to Adults with Housing Insecurity Have Worse Access to Primary and Preventive Care
Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Bazemore, Andrew W, DeVoe, Jennifer E, Weida, T J, Krist, Alex H, Dulin, M F, and Biagioli, F E Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals, and Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Cost Of Care, and Health Information Technology (HIT) Volume 47(8):628-635 Source Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2014 Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives Go to Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives 2017 Less AND More Are Needed to Assess Primary Care Go to Less AND More Are Needed to Assess Primary Care 2016 A Primary Care Panel Size of 2500 Is neither Accurate nor Reasonable Go to A Primary Care Panel Size of 2500 Is neither Accurate nor Reasonable 2019 Adults with Housing Insecurity Have Worse Access to Primary and Preventive Care Go to Adults with Housing Insecurity Have Worse Access to Primary and Preventive Care
2014 Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives Go to Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives
2017 Less AND More Are Needed to Assess Primary Care Go to Less AND More Are Needed to Assess Primary Care
2016 A Primary Care Panel Size of 2500 Is neither Accurate nor Reasonable Go to A Primary Care Panel Size of 2500 Is neither Accurate nor Reasonable
2019 Adults with Housing Insecurity Have Worse Access to Primary and Preventive Care Go to Adults with Housing Insecurity Have Worse Access to Primary and Preventive Care