Health Reform Changes to Expect at Your Doctor's Office

The authors highlighted a number of problems that exist: rates of readmissions, medication errors, and infections are much too high at nationwide hospitals. And American patients fail to take full advantage of preventive services like counseling for smoking cessation and screening for cancer. "Physicians will need to embrace rather than resist change," the study authors wrote, in order for the new legislation to successfully reverse these problems and reduce healthcare costs in the long term. That means doctors need to move away from a system where they're paid for ordering more tests and performing more procedures and toward one that reimburses them for coordinating care among a number of specialists and preventive health professionals like nutritionists and nurse practitioners. The goal is to keep you healthier and out of the hospital. Here's what you can expect at the doctor's office if not now, soon.
1) You'll get the healthcare you need—no more, no less.
2) You will receive healthcare from a team of health professionals.
3) Your care team will reach out to you in an attempt to prevent future health problems.
4) Technology will improve the efficiency of your healthcare.