Care coordination is key to fixing health care

Author of the new book “The Future of Health Care Delivery” and the former CEO of the University of Maryland Medical Center, Stephen C. Schimpff, MD, FACP, says effective care coordination, especially for patients with chronic illness, requires technology, more involvement of primary-care physicians and a health-care system – not a medical-care system.

A physician, educator and cancer researcher for more than 40 years, Dr. Schimpff shares his insights …

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