Medical Economics June 13, 2019
As healthcare continues its slow but steady shift to a value-based landscape, good care coordination is becoming crucial for physician practices to thrive and for patients to get the best care. To coordinate optimal care, primary care physicians, who are often defined as “the quarterback of healthcare,” need to address common gaps in care and recognize the importance of their role.
The primary care physician’s role can’t be stressed highly enough, according to Clive Fields, MD, chief medical officer and co-founder of VillageMD, a healthcare management company that supports primary care physicians transitioning to value-based care in Chicago, Ill.
Fields says primary care physicians play such a crucial role in healthcare outcomes, that research...
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