
pmid: 29401019
Health care providers are in the midst of a massive effort to diffuse innovative approaches to patient care. While most innovations fail, a few diffuse successfully and are sustained. This month's DataGraphic describes the spread or outcomes of four important health care delivery innovations adopted by hospitals or primary care clinicians: hospital palliative care, electronic consults for preoperative anesthesiology assessment, Medicare's free annual wellness visit, and a primary care improvement network.
Primary Health Care, Palliative Care, Medicare, Hospitals, Organizational Innovation, United States, Humans, Diffusion of Innovation, Delivery of Health Care
Primary Health Care, Palliative Care, Medicare, Hospitals, Organizational Innovation, United States, Humans, Diffusion of Innovation, Delivery of Health Care
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