Your Healthcare Playbook

Most Americans remain confused about Obamacare ad how it effects them. Using his insider's knowledge of the NFL, Dr. Dennis Deruelle shows how we can apply professional football's approach to healthcare to our best advantage. Teams are the future of healthcare. Many of the new changes to healthcare are similar to the best practices of the NFL. In Your Healthcare Playbook, Dr. Deruelle uses the NFL, the most successful franchise in American history, to break down the information so that it's easy to understand. You will hear insights from key members of the NFL as well as some of the foremost doctors and safety experts who will help you and your family stay safe. With over 20 years in practice, Dr. Deruelle comes to the rescue with a nonpartisan in his explanation of the law. He uses simple football terms to help you understand how to navigate your new healthcare.

"Teams are the future of healthcare. Many of the new changes to healthcare are similar to the best practices of the NFL. In Your Healthcare Playbook, Dr. Deruelle uses the NFL, the most successful franchise in American history, to break down the information so that it's easy to understand. You will hear insights from key members of the NFL as well as some of the foremost doctors and safety experts who will help you and your family stay safe."--Page [4] of cover.

The Patient's Playbook will change the way you manage your health and your family's health, from finding the right doctor to coordinating the best medical care. An expertly informed guide to the steps that everyone should take--even before illness strikes. The Patient's Playbook is a compelling narrative of personal stories that impart lessons and illuminate strategies for better, and even life-saving, medical decision-making. With clarity and as a call to action, Michelson presents the most effective approach to getting the best from a broken system: sourcing excellent doctors, choosing the right treatment protocols in the "no mistake zone," researching with precision, and structuring the ideal support team. Leslie D. Michelson has devoted his life's work to helping people access the best quality medical care--serving as an expert navigator for hundreds of clients. As the former head of the Prostate Cancer Foundation and the CEO of Private Health Management he has dedicated his life's work to helping individuals find the courage and confidence to get what they need in a challenging health system.

A Better Way For Doctors & Patients Are you a doctor who wants to give patients the best care, yet struggle with the demands of managing the clinic and the business? Or are you a patient who's tired of poor service, impolite greetings, and providers in a rush? Doctors Jeff and Susan Kegarise are here to give you hope. There is a better way--for both patients and doctors. In One Patient At A Time, they open the doors to their Nashville practice to let patients see how leadership, systems, staff, and doctors combine to deliver patient-focused, relationship-driven care. And they show doctors how to provide this kind of care by giving specific, implementable steps that drive a culture of service to patients--one that patients clearly see as unique, enjoyable, and a better experience than the typical doctor visit. Read this book and you will never look at your healthcare experience or your practice the same. And you will be better for it.

As a community, aligning efforts across a community to support the safety and well-being of vulnerable and underserved individuals is extraordinarily difficult. These individuals suffer disproportionally from health issues, job loss, a lack of stable housing, high utility costs, substance abuse, and homelessness. In addition to medical care, these individuals often critically need access to community social sector organizations that provide a distinct and complementary set of services, such as housing, food services, emergency utility assistance, and employment assistance. These services are just as vital as healthcare services to these individuals’ long-term health and well-being, with data suggesting that 80–90% of health outcomes can be attributed to factors beyond direct medical intervention. This book proposes a novel approach to the coordination of medicine and social services through the use of people, process, and technology, with the goal being to streamline coordination between medical and Community-Based Organizations and to promote true cross-sector patient and client advocacy. The book is based on the experience of Dallas, TX, which was one of the first metropolitan regions to develop a comprehensive foundation for partnership between a community’s clinical and social sectors using web-based information exchange. In the 5 years since the initial launch, the authors have been able to provide seamless connection, communication, and coordination between healthcare providers and a wide array of community-based social service organizations (a/k/a Community-Based Organizations or CBOs), criminal justice entities, and various other community organizations, including non-collegiate educational systems. This practical how-to guide is the codification of transferrable lessons from successes and challenges faced when working with clinical, community, and government leaders. By reading this playbook, leaders interested in building (or expanding) connected clinical-community services will learn how to: 1) facilitate cross-sector care coordination; 2) enable community care partners to better provide targeted services to community residents; 3) reduce duplication of services across partnering organizations; and 4) help to bridge service gaps in the currently fragmented system. Implementation of services, as recommended in this book, will ultimately streamline assistance efforts, reduce repeat crises and emergency funding requests, help address disparities of care, and improve the health, safety, and well-being of the most vulnerable community residents.

Telemedicine is serving as a significant tool for our healthcare delivery system with the powerful potential to serve as a focal point to manage over 100 million chronic disease sufferers in the United States and significantly higher numbers worldwide. During this "Great Pause" as this period has been labeled, telemedicine consults has become a game changer in that it is easy to perform for the patient and the provider alike, cost effective and highly convenient (average cost is much less than $100 and wait time is 4 minutes). Furthermore, it creates a platform for dovetailing a number of other innovative initiatives outlined below and discussed in detail in this book and with proven track records already. Additionally, it sets the stage beautifully for full practice transformation with significant reengineering. We have already created and tested our initiatives in real time. * Primary Care Transformation with telemedicine as the hub * The Wealth from Health Navigation and Reward System * Environmental Housecall (asthmatics) * Race to Zero (palliative care) * Community Health Trust (social determinants) * Help the Helper (caregiver program) * Precision Medicine and AI (leverage data) * High Value Care Center (diagnostic and management accuracy) * Survivorship Programs (Cancer, HIV, Sickle Cell, Depression, and others

Why a practical playbook for partnerships between public health and primary care? / Denise Koo, J. Lloyd Michener, James B. Sprague, Brian C. Castrucci -- The value of public health and primary care partnerships / Brian C. Castrucci, J. Lloyd Michener, Densie Koo, James B. Sprague -- Primary care and public health: partners for population health / Julie K. Wood -- The value of integration : public health, primary care, and beyond / Paul E. Jarris, Katie Sellers -- Principles of partnerships between public health and primary care / J. Lloyd Michener, Brian C. Castrucci, Denise Koo -- Stages of partnerships between public health and primary care / J. Lloyd Michener, Brian C. Castrucci -- How to have difficult conversations / Justine Strand de Oliveira -- Group dynamics / Mina Silberberg, Seamus Bhatt-Mackin -- Pitching your project / Justine Strand de Oliveira -- Positioned for sustainability / Karen J. Minyard, Amanda Phillips Martinez, Tanisa Adimu -- The role of early wins in long-term success / Frederick S. Johnson -- The value of early wins in be well Lake County / Christina Arnold -- Challenges of working together / Lara Snyder -- Starting off on the right foot: a communication strategy is essential / Karen Remley -- Leveraging media / Kate Reuterswärd -- The practice of public health and how it is changing / Brian C. Castrucci, Hugh H. Tilson, Denise Koo, Jonathon P. Leider -- The changing landscape of primary care / Andrew Bazemore, Russell Phillips, Robert L. Phillips, Jr -- Addressing social determinants of health / Mina Silberberg, Brian C. Castrucci -- Creating a culture of health in Cambridge, MA / Claude-Alix Jacob, Susan Feinberg -- Community health assessments : past, present, and future / Kevin Barnett, Sara Rosenbaum -- Community health needs assessments benefit communities and hospitals alike / Philip Alberti, Ivy Baer -- Leveraging the affordable care act for population health / Eduardo Sanchez -- Partnering with Medicaid, Medicare, public health, and primary care to improve health outcomes / Sharon G. Moffatt, Monica Valdes Lupi, Kathleen Nolan -- Working with accountable care organizations / Joanne M. Conroy, Clese Erikson, Coleen Kivlahan -- Local health departments and a primary care safety net / Robert M. Pestronk -- Co-locating primary care and public health services / Michelle J. Lyn -- Return on investment and economic evaluation / Steven M. Teutsch, Denise Koo, Scott D. Grosse -- The promise and power of using data together / Brian C. Castrucci, Hugh H. Tilson, David A. Ross -- Working with data / Mina Silberberg, Denise Koo, Raymond J. King -- Metrics : how to select them, how to use them / Mina Silberberg, Denise Koo -- Use of electronic health records for population health / Denise Koo, Raymond J. King, Seth Foldy -- Electronic health records : forging common ground for primary care and public health / Dave Ross -- Public and population health it in the age of EHRS and the ACA : expert perspectives on current trends / John W. Loonsk -- Using geographic health information systems (GHIS) for population health / Joshua L. Tootoo, Brian C. Castrucci, Pamela Maxson, Michele Casper, Marie Lynn Miranda -- Shared space : using geography to identify relationships and increase understanding in primary care and public health / Robert L. Phillips, Jr, Andrew Bazemore -- Data and the future of public health / Jeffrey Engel -- San Diego, CA, promotes healthy weight to improve community health / Shaila Serpas, Christina Khaokham, Sharon Hillidge, Virginia Watson -- Indiana reduces the burden of asthma / Virginia Watson -- "Top-down" and "bottom-up" initiatives create a comprehensive prescription drug overdose prevention program in North Carolina / Virginia Watson