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Geriatric Collaborative Care Model: Improving the System of Primary Care
Geriatric Collaborative Care Model Improving the System of Primary Care Author:CHERYL SCHRAEDER, PAUL SHELTON, TERI BRITT, DONNA DWORAK, CINDY FRASER, JOHN GRIMES As your patient population grows older more issues concerning care for your elderly patients will surface in your medical practice group environment. This publication details effective patient management techniques developed from a national demonstration project funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation and is a must read for anyone c... more »onsidering participation in a medicare risk contract. In addition, it provides information regarding team management between staff and rural elderly patients. This model pairs primary care physicians with nurse partners to effectively manage panels of geriatric patients across the care continuum and shows how to evaluate these patient panels.« less