BACKGROUND

Primary care in the United States is currently in crisis. With misaligned financial incentives and an insufficient number of providers, the system has proven unsatisfactory for both physicians and patients. Additionally, health care reform’s implications for health insurance will result in a large influx of new patients beginning in 2014.

There are many proposed solutions to this crisis. Health Information Technology (HIT) is an area of interest earmarked by the government and frequently cited as a way to increase efficiency and quality of patient care. Additionally, the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model has been gaining momentum as the optimal means to enhance patient care. While both of these solutions have potential benefits, there are many barriers to adoption and few proven successful outcomes.

THE FROMER-GPF PATIENT JOURNEY

Group Practice Forum (GPF) leverages deep knowledge of practical physician group dynamics and clinical guidelines to create the FROMER-GPF PATIENT JOURNEY: a proprietary workflow solution designed to provide primary care physicians with simple solutions that can be incorporated into their practices immediately to improve patient care.

Elements of the GPF PATIENT JOURNEY include:

• Practical solutions to incorporate into a chronic disease care model
• Methods to improve patients’ health literacy
• Empowerment of motivated and informed patients
• Improved patient-physician dialogue quality
• Enhanced journey to physician-supervised patient self-management

GPF has developed Patient Journeys specific to a variety of chronic care conditions. Additionally, GPF has created a ‘generic’ Patient Journey that you can download and apply to any disease state.

To view a Patient Journey, please select from the list below:

• Generic Patient Journey
• Others