Geriatric Medicine Leadership of Health Care Transformation: To Be or Not To Be?

Geriatric Medicine is well-suited to inform and lead health-care system redesign to address the needs of seniors with complex conditions. We posit that geriatricians must urgently consider how to “brand” Geriatric Medicine in a manner that garners active support from those outside the specialty, inc...

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Autores principales: Heckman, George A., Molnar, Frank J., Lee, Linda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Canadian Geriatrics Society 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3837718/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24278096
http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.16.89
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Sumario:Geriatric Medicine is well-suited to inform and lead health-care system redesign to address the needs of seniors with complex conditions. We posit that geriatricians must urgently consider how to “brand” Geriatric Medicine in a manner that garners active support from those outside the specialty, including how to adapt practice patterns to better meet the needs of patients and of the health-care system.

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