Innovations Sampler
What do we mean by innovation? Here are some possibilities to consider:
- Implement the "medical home" concept: Contracting with patients for outcomes. Read Clinical Microsystems – The Place Where Patients, Families and Clinical Teams Meet (Trustees of Dartmouth College).
- “Employing” the patient to enter his or her own history and other information in your system, using software.
- Implementing innovative chronic disease management approaches (a number have been developed for diabetes) across many chronic diseases.
- Employing teams assigned to family panels.
- Post-care communication with patients using the Web.
