Search johnahartford.org Sort by: Relevance Most Recent Oldest Searched for | Total Results: 5562 Retooling for an Aging America, Part 1: Progress Report July 24, 2009 - As many of us know, last April the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report called Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce. Because we helped commission it, we were of course very relieved when the report came out with strong recommendations for enhancing the geriatric competence… Retooling for an Aging America, Part 2: Can We Pick Up the Pace? July 29, 2009 - Last week I discussed public policy progress since the IOM’s Retooling for an Aging America report came out on April 14, 2008. I wish I could say that medical education has been revamped in response to the report, but that is wishful thinking. Given that the bulk of the Foundation’s… Why Geriatrics? August 04, 2009 - One of the ways I think the field of geriatrics has failed is in articulating its value proposition to the consumer. If we want to spread competence in geriatric care throughout the health professions, at the end of the day there has to be a demand (not a need that… Can Geriatrics Survive? August 11, 2009 - As part of its theory of change, the Foundation has made big bets on the specialty of geriatric medicine. (Click here for a nice summary of what geriatricians do.) Unfortunately, we are losing the numbers game. Geriatric medicine is the only specialty in which a physician takes a pay cut… Rise in Medicare Spending Suggests Need to Move from High-Tech to High-Value August 18, 2009 - Medicare spending is moving toward a plethora of higher reimbursement for in-office procedures and tests and away from what is most important and cost-effective for the health of older adults: good geriatric care. I recently attended Academy Health’s annual research meeting in Chicago where the nation’s top health services researchers… End of Life Care August 21, 2009 - Most likely, unless you are actively avoiding all media, you have heard about the baffling “death panel” non-debate surrounding health care reform. Somehow, some conservative pundits extrapolated a provision proposing that Medicare reimburse doctors for talking with patients about end of life care to mean that the government would be… “How Will We Meet the Health Service Needs of an Aging America?” August 26, 2009 - Right now, as we stand on the brink of health care reform, we are locked in a battle to increase the number of health care professionals trained in geriatrics. What would victory look like? To me, victory would be major increases in the number of geriatricians, geriatric nurse practitioners, and… What Does Aging Mean to You? August 28, 2009 - Two weeks into my summer internship here at the John A. Hartford Foundation, my supervisor Chris asked me this deceptively hard-to-answer question. As I mulled over this question during lunch, I realized that while my knowledge about the care of older adults had increased exponentially and I was now aware… Health Reform: If We Had a Magic Wand for Primary Care September 01, 2009 - Health Reform has become a national pastime. It’s the hot topic of dinner conversation, top “tweet” in cyberspace, rant-du-jour in the blogosphere, and the focus of our policymakers even as Congress is adjourned. The public debate has focused on three core issues—cost, quality, and access—rarely accompanied by the necessary deeper… Team or Mob? September 04, 2009 - Across many projects and partnerships, the Foundation has come to believe that high quality care for complex older adults MUST be team care. Not only is there far too much work for any one provider, but the nature of the work requires a team to implement successfully. Geriatric care…
