Comments on: Expanding Primary Care: A Call To Action http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/10/27/expanding-primary-care-a-call-to-action/ The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:42 -0500 hourly 1 By: HealthBlawg http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/10/27/expanding-primary-care-a-call-to-action/comment-page-1/#comment-23620 HealthBlawg Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:23:07 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/10/27/expanding-primary-care-a-call-to-action/#comment-23620 <strong>Health Wonk Review: Samhain edition</strong> All Hallow's Eve (celebrated around these parts tomorrow night) incorporates traditions tied to the earlier Celtic holiday of Samhain, which marks the beginning of winter -- as the great (swing) state (or should I say Commonwealth) of Pennsylvania kno... Health Wonk Review: Samhain edition

All Hallow’s Eve (celebrated around these parts tomorrow night) incorporates traditions tied to the earlier Celtic holiday of Samhain, which marks the beginning of winter — as the great (swing) state (or should I say Commonwealth) of Pennsylvania kno…

]]> By: Landrus Burress http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/10/27/expanding-primary-care-a-call-to-action/comment-page-1/#comment-23614 Landrus Burress Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:40:33 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/10/27/expanding-primary-care-a-call-to-action/#comment-23614 The medical home model is very interesting and needed indeed. With our current healthcare system focus more on tertiary care than primary care, more and more individuals are becoming ill from preventable diseases. I believe that going back to primary care is the root to a renewed begining of how we see health. In essence, this model focuses on prevention. With healthcare cost soaring and more people becoming uninsured, going back to the basics of healthcare is needed. Investing more in preventive medicine could be more cost benefical in the long run. But of course this requires a huge healthcare reform, that would include how we train our future doctors, see patients, view capitalism, and and see basic primary care as a right and not a priviledge. As you have stated with so many doctors seeking prestige and money, this makes general doctors disproportionately outnumbered by specialist. Another component to consider in the medical home model is community health as well. The medical home model is very interesting and needed indeed. With our current healthcare system focus more on tertiary care than primary care, more and more individuals are becoming ill from preventable diseases. I believe that going back to primary care is the root to a renewed begining of how we see health. In essence, this model focuses on prevention.

With healthcare cost soaring and more people becoming uninsured, going back to the basics of healthcare is needed. Investing more in preventive medicine could be more cost benefical in the long run.

But of course this requires a huge healthcare reform, that would include how we train our future doctors, see patients, view capitalism, and and see basic primary care as a right and not a priviledge. As you have stated with so many doctors seeking prestige and money, this makes general doctors disproportionately outnumbered by specialist.

Another component to consider in the medical home model is community health as well.

]]> By: Current Health News » State of the World's Health: WHO releases the Global Burden of … http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/10/27/expanding-primary-care-a-call-to-action/comment-page-1/#comment-23606 Current Health News » State of the World's Health: WHO releases the Global Burden of … Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:25:44 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/10/27/expanding-primary-care-a-call-to-action/#comment-23606 [...] Expanding Primary Care: A Call To Action By John Iglehart The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its World Health Report of 2008 and strongly urged countries to act on robust evidence that ready access to primary care services forms the core of a rational, well-run health system. … Health Affairs Blog - http://healthaffairs.org/blog/ [...] [...] Expanding Primary Care: A Call To Action By John Iglehart The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its World Health Report of 2008 and strongly urged countries to act on robust evidence that ready access to primary care services forms the core of a rational, well-run health system. … Health Affairs Blog – http://healthaffairs.org/blog/ [...]

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