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Medical Home- A Good Idea; April, 2009
Newt Gringrich’s Center for Health Transformation has the vision of creating an “Intelligent Health System”. This is a system where “the individual is at the center of knowledge, decision-making, and responsibility for their own health. The “knowledge of health and finances are available in the most accurate, least expensive, and most convenient manner possible.”
They go on to envision a system where “individuals have accurate, timely, personalized knowledge about their health and treatment options, including information about cost and quality. They have the assurance that their treatment is based on the most up-to-date evidence-based medicine, and there is a focus on preventive care and early intervention. The system encourages and rewards wise healthcare purchasing decisions and offers more choices of higher quality at lower cost.”
Sounds reasonable and a far cry from where we are. You would think that the Intelligent Health System would have to be more efficient, coordinated, and less costly than the system we are struggling with today.
The question remains, how do we get there?
