The University of Washington School of Medicine is preparing to make significant changes to its curriculum to better prepare future doctors for the new reality of health care under the Affordable Care Act.
As the health care industry has changed, so has the role of the physician. Instead of caring just for the patient sitting in their office, doctors increasingly are expected to care for a whole population of patients in their community.
That means tracking which patients haven’t been in recently,…
The University of Washington School of Medicine is preparing to make significant changes to its curriculum to better prepare future doctors for the new reality of health care under the Affordable Care Act.
As the health care industry has changed, so has the role of the physician. Instead of caring just for the patient sitting in their office, doctors increasingly are expected to care for a whole population of patients in their community.
That means tracking which patients haven’t been in recently,…