“
Today, there are over 250
specialties, so primary care doctors
are overwhelmed with trying to
coordinate care, which frankly isn’t
their job,” says Connelly. “Illnesses
have also changed: 70-80 percent
of hospitalization is now caused
by chronic illnesses, rather than
acute episodes, like congestive
heart failure, COPD, hypertension
and diabetes—things that don’t go away but require coo
levels of specialties.”
Working on building a model that is responsive to bot
specialization and chronic illnesses, CHP’s Medical Hom
now provides patients with primary care out of a medic
improved IT and support systems and practices, to bette
outcomes for all patients.
“
Essentially, we’re working on inventing the future w
says Connelly, representing a health system with a firm
and values that is taking a truly innovative, yet holistic
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