Modernizing scope-of-practice regulations - Time to prioritize patients

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  • Frogner, B.K.
    • School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
  • Fraher, E.P.
    • School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
  • Spetz, J.
    • Other Affiliation: University of California San Francisco
  • Pittman, P.
    • Other Affiliation: George Washington University
  • Moore, J.
    • Other Affiliation: SUNY School of Public Health
  • Beck, A.J.
    • Other Affiliation: University of Michigan
  • Armstrong, D.
    • Other Affiliation: SUNY School of Public Health
  • Buerhaus, P.I.
    • Other Affiliation: Montana State University
Abstract
  • Ongoing payment reforms are pressing health systems to reorganize delivery of care to achieve greater value, improve access, integrate patient care among settings, advance population health, and address social determinants of health. Many organizations are experimenting with new ways of unleashing their workforce’s potential by using telehealth and various forms of digital technology and developing team- and community-based delivery models. Such approaches require reconfiguring of provider roles, but states and health care organizations often place restrictions on health professionals’ scope of practice that limit their flexibility
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  • New England Journal of Medicine
Journal volume
  • 382
Journal issue
  • 7
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  • 591
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  • 593
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  • English
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  • 0028-4793
Publisher
  • Massachussetts Medical Society

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