Improving Primary Care: Strategies and Tools for a Better Practice (Lange Medical Books) [Paperback]

Thomas Bodenheimer (Author), Kevin Grumbach (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071447385 | ISBN-13: 978-0071447386 | Publication Date: August 25, 2006 | Edition: 1

The authors of the world’s best-selling health policy text offer valuable insights and guidance to primary care practitioners

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Improving Primary Care offers frank appraisals and concrete recommendations for primary care practitioners on how to meet the huge, stress-inducing, challenges that they face on a daily basis. The authors offer innovative approaches and suggestions to dealing with primary care issues ranging from the latest electronic technologies to non-traditional options for the patient-physician encounter.

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About the Author

Thomas S. Bodenheimer, MD, MPH, Clinical Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of California.

Kevin Grumbach, MD, Professor & Chair, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 1 edition (August 25, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071447385
• ISBN-13: 978-0071447386
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #624,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Redesigning Primary Care, January 3, 2007

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Joseph E. Scherger (Del Mar, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Improving Primary Care: Strategies and Tools for a Better Practice (Lange Medical Books) (Paperback)

Primary Care is the foundation of any health care system, yet in the U.S. it is undervalued. This timely book provides a recipe with examples to redesigning primary care in the U.S. and anywhere. The authors are experts and are familiar with the latest innovative models. The only thing missing here is a description of the new online platform of care that will be most peoples' personal medical home in the future.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, readable resource, December 2, 2006

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Sheila Siegel, PA-C, MPAS - See all my reviews

This review is from: Improving Primary Care: Strategies and Tools for a Better Practice (Lange Medical Books) (Paperback)

As a Physician Assistant and an instructor in the Stanford Primary Care Associate Program, I highly recommend this book. Improving Primary Care: Strategies and Tools for a Better Practice is good reading for physician assistants and for doctors, nurses, and nurse practitioners, who feel that their clinics or medical practices need to work in a better way. It is also good reading for patients who need to know what they can expect from a medical office or clinic. Why is it so hard to get an prompt appointment and what can be done about it? What does it mean to be "patient-centered"? Is the 15-minute visit with the primary care provider adequate to provide all the acute, chronic and preventive services that people need? If not, what can be done about it? All these questions and many more are discussed in detail in this readable book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All the info in one place, November 19, 2006

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K. Colwell (Kensington, CA) - See all my reviews
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For anyone hoping to improve medical care in the US, this book is essential!
For readers new to the area, Drs. Grumbach and Bodenheimer clearly explain what the problems are and provide a systems' perspective on solutions that will truly transform health care.
For practitioners working in the area of chronic care improvement and primary care re-design: it's all here. This work draws heavily on the work of the Institute of Medicine's call for improved quality of health care, Dr. Ed Wagner's Chronic Care Model, microsystems analysis and other innovative tools to improve health care. It's all pulled together in a logical fashion and all the statistics, all the references you need to bolster an improvement project, are neatly contained in this very readable book.