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Patients who Are Connected to a Particular Physician Are More Likely to Both Receive Guideline-Specific Care and Follow through with Treatment
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(OPEN):
HOW WELL YOU KNOW YOUR PRIMARY-CARE PHYSICIAN MAY AFFECT YOUR HEALTH:
A NEW STUDY IN "ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE" FINDS THAT
PATIENTS WHO ARE CONNECTED TO A SPECIFIC PHYSICIAN ARE MORE LIKELY TO
RECEIVE GUIDELINE-SPECIFIC CARE--AND TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH
TREATMENT--THAN PATIENTS WHO DO NOT KNOW THEIR DOCTOR. DOCTOR
STEVEN ATLAS IS THE AUTHOR OF THE STUDY...
(ATLAS):
"'CONNECTEDNESS' REFERS TO THE CLOSENESS OF A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
A PATIENT AND AN INDIVIDUAL PHYSICIAN--AND, TYPICALLY, THE SENSE THAT A
PATIENT WILL SAY, 'THIS IS MY DOCTOR,' AND THAT A PHYSICIAN WILL LOOK AT
THEIR LISTS OF PATIENTS AND SAY, 'I KNOW THAT PERSON.'"
(CLOSE):
RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT MORE THAN 155-THOUSAND PATIENTS IN A PRIMARY-CARE
NETWORK: THEY FOUND THAT PATIENTS WHO WERE NOT CONNECTED TO A
PARTICULAR PHYSICIAN WERE LESS LIKELY TO RECEIVE RECOMMENDED CARE.
IN ADDITION, THESE PATIENTS WERE LESS LIKELY TO COMPLETE RECOMMENDED
TESTING FOR PREVENTIVE AND CHRONIC-ILLNESS CARE. FOR MORE
INFORMATION, GO TO
"ANNALS"-DOT-ORG.
