Automated project management for delivery of primary care

<p>The vast majority of care coordination/arranging of care remains mostly manual (searching of charts, manual entry, etc.).&nbsp; Because of lack of time, it often simply cannot done, leading to gaps in care including delayed care or no care at all.&nbsp; Automating the majority of the process is likely to lead to improved completion of care, improved quality and efficiency of care, and improved provider work experience.&nbsp; The improved completion of care may lead directly to improved revenue through capture of bonuses or gains in pay-for-performance and value-based contracts, and may lead to more comfort in negotiating favorable at-risk contracts because of a predictable consistency of care.</p>

<p>Variation in care among caregivers undermines quality, efficiency and the patient perception of care.&nbsp; As organizations increase in size, addressing variation becomes increasingly important, but it remains one of the most difficult areas in which to implement change, especially among providers.&nbsp; These care plans provide an additional means by which change, almost by default, can be distributed since the care plans provide a standardized, evidence-based foundation of care (it&#39;s more difficult to argue against or be resistant to evidence) that is visible not only to the provider, but also to the other team members and to the patient (necessitating increased provider accountability).&nbsp; Depending on their existing culture, hospitals and other larger medical institutions may find this benefit as useful as the already described possible quality, efficiency, safety and revenue gains.</p>

<p>Health care is so complex, and so not-logical in many ways, that sometimes you need the benefit of access to a physician partner.&nbsp; Many physicians know things about how the health care system works that an outsider just could never predict.&nbsp; I&#39;ve personally learned the hard way as well as through observation where decisions are really made, how dollars flow, and what ideas are likely work or not work and why.&nbsp; It seems that the health care start-up road is littered with good, logical plans that don&#39;t succeed, often because they were not vetted correctly by someone on the front-line.&nbsp; A great partnership can help avoid this.</p>