The Spark that Lit the Fire
When I started our Crossover Health journey ten years ago, one of the forces driving me was the decline of great primary care. It may initially seem a bit odd for an emergency medicine physician to feel this way, but it was really driven by self preservation. In emergency medicine, we are acutely aware of […]
Crossover Health: Welcome to Next Generation Health Care!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Crossover Health Launches New Model of Primary Care in South Orange County Innovative membership service delivers Urgent, Primary, and Online Care Aliso Viejo, CA (PRWEB) October 1, 2010 Crossover Health Medical Group announced today the launch of their flagship membership-based, primary care practice in Aliso Viejo, California. The new
Day 65: Proof is in the Passion – Crossover Explained
Passion Tonight I attended an awesome charity event called Savannah’s Organic Ranch. Savannah was a beautiful girl stricken with cancer whose last wish was to pass along her love of organic farming. The spark that was her life and encapsulated in her last wish has fueled a community wide passion for spreading representative organic “ranches”
Day 84: Taglines for a New Business Model
Tagline (tăg’līn’) n. An ending line, as in a play or joke, that makes a point. An often repeated phrase associated with an individual, organization, or commercial product; a slogan. An exciting opportunity as part of our opening a clinic is the ability to communicate new messaging around what it is we do. I am […]
CPT Codes-Why physicians always get screwed, thanks AMA
CPT Codes Set of health care procedure codes based on the American Medical Association’s Current Procedural Terminology Established in 1978 to provide a standardized coding system for describing specific items and services provided in delivering health care. Daniel Palestrant comes right back from his opening salvo of last week to continue his crusade
“Systemness”: Which Delivery Model is Best?
Systemness (sĭs’tə-m nes) adj. Arrange according to a system or reduce to a system The degree to which something shares the attributes of a system Last week I attended the World Health Care Congress Consumer Connectivity conference in San Diego. The Twitter stream was at near flood capacity, and several excellent speakers were present to […]
The Health Care Levee – Community Clinics as Medical Homes for the Indigent
Levee (lĕv’ē) n. An embankment raised to prevent a river from overflowing. A small ridge or raised area bordering an irrigated field. The medical home concept is going mainstream. Not only is it a significant part of the Obama teams reform agenda, but it has hitting the front pages much more frequently. Of interest, Seattle […]
Hamster Wheel Medicine – Getting off the treadmill
Treadmill (trĕd’mĭl‘) n. An exercise device consisting of a continuous moving belt on which a person can walk or jog while remaining in one place. A similar device operated by an animal treading a continuous sloping belt. Today, Dr. Jordan Shlain and I opened the morning session of the 2009 WHIT Conference by introducing the […]
Democratizing Concierge Medicine: First Look at Current Health
Current Health (kûr‘ənt helth) n. Membership based, comprehensive primary care practice based in San Francisco area with plans to spread branded clinics throughout the West. Millennial version of the classic vision of a trusted physician who makes house calls. As I have mentioned previously, I have been involved in some really cool projects recently
Twittering Scott Shreeve, MD: What are you doing?
Tweet (twēt) n. 1. A weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird. 2. A “Tweet” is an individual message (or “update”) posted from Twitter. Twitter is an interesting application with a very simple premise – your friends and associates are actually interested in knowing “What are you doing”. These “tweets” are constrained […]