Why Outcome-Based Medicine is better!

Are you still wondering if our new healthcare system is going in the right direction? Check out some research form the American Medical Association. Our system has always been a "fee-for-service" approach, hence why costs are high. But healthcare in the US is moving to a more outcome based, patient centered approach. Many Americans just don't understand the Affordable Care Act because of the bickering in Congress and the partisanship is brings to such issues - but this new way of thinking as a HUGE impact on your health and how we as a country pay for healthcare. When it comes to big issues (like the ACA) - we need to ignore party lines and look at what is best for Americans as a whole.  If knowledge is power ~ we need to educate ourselves and tell the truth vs. making up scary bed-time stories to tell our constituents. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!! And for many Americans, it starts with having knowledge about your health and being your own health advocate

In brief

Snapshots of some of the latest peer-reviewed research within psychology and related fields.

APA - Monitor Magazine

November 2013, Vol 44, No. 10

Paying physicians for how well they perform specific medical examinations and procedures yields better health outcomes than the traditional fee-for-service model, according to research conducted by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Over one year, researchers tested a tiered pay-for-performance program at physicians' offices in New York City with high proportions of Medicaid patients, rewarding physicians for every patient who did well, and paying them extra for high-risk patients who were difficult to treat based on co-morbidities, such as diabetes or heart disease. The researchers found that nearly 10 percent of patients in the group getting extra pay showed improvement, compared with about 4 percent of patients in a comparison group operating under the traditional fee-for-service model in which everyone gets paid a set amount (Journal of the American Medical Association, Sept. 11).