More prescriptive system not a concern if patients benefit
In value-based care, the adoption of care paths – standardized, evidence-based treatment regimens – are an important way of improving efficiency and outcomes. But how do physicians react to what might seem a more prescriptive system?
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Very well, if Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center’s experience is an indication. “Our physicians appreciate a care path for a given diagnosis that is state of the art,” Taussig Cancer Institute Chairman Brian J. Bolwell, MD, FACP, says in this video about value-based cancer care. Acceptance “has been surprisingly easy.”
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