Why Health Care Is So Hard To Change…In One Paragraph
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Part of the approach the AATN uses to bring focus to health care providers is the fact that the Physicians, Nurses and equipment in the U.S. are the best and have no equal anywhere in the world.
However, when you have a system that still operates as it has since the 19th century, you already have a large hurdle facing the provider and more so the person seeking treatment.
Below is an article from Journal of the American Medical Association.
Dated July 21st, 2008
“At the heart of the challenge (health care reform) is transforming a 19th-century craft-oriented delivery system to provide 21st-century biomedical science and technology. Most physicians still practice alone, in partnerships, or in small groups. Small practices generally have less capacity to implement electronic medical records, less frequently use teams to care for patients with chronic illness, and are less able to provide statistically reliable and valid data on quality and efficiency measures. A more solid foundation of physician organizations is needed to avoid having the system crumble under the increased weight of greater demand for care and technological advances.”
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