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Aetna
Aetna Reconfirms Support for the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model of Primary Care
May 15th, 2009
Aetna (NYSE:AET) today reconfirmed its support for the Patient-Centered Medical Home. Speaking on a panel at Internal Medicine 2009, the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Physicians in Philadelphia, Don Liss, MD, FACP, Aetna regional medical director, said Aetna will push for rigorous evaluation of the Patient-Centered Medical Home and related models for delivering more effective and coordinated primary care. The Patient-Centered Medical Home is a model of primary care that emphasizes care by a physician-led team of health care providers supported by health information technology. This technology, which includes registries and electronic health records, helps physicians...
Source: Health Business Week (2009-05-15)
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