Results: Within these studies, twenty types of barriers have been identified and then
categorised in six groups (barriers related to administration and regulation, barriers related …

Background Community engagement is increasingly seen as crucial to achieving high
quality, efficient and collaborative care. However, organisations are still searching for the …

Background Interdisciplinary team working is of paramount importance in the reform of
primary care in order to provide cost-effective and comprehensive care. However …

An essential element in the pursuit of value-based health care is provider payment reform.
This article aims to identify and analyze payment initiatives comprising a specific …

Relationships between physicians and hospitals have changed considerably over the past
decade, as hospitals and physician groups have integrated and new public and private …

Importance Collaborative chronic care models (CCMs) have extensive randomized clinical
trial evidence for effectiveness in serious mental illnesses, but little evidence exists …

Importance Medicare is experimenting with numerous concurrent reforms aimed at
improving quality and value for hospitals. It is unclear if these myriad reforms are mutually …

Provisions of the Affordable Care Act provide unprecedented opportunities for expanded
access to behavioral health care and for redesigning the provision of services. Key to these …

Background: Primary care provided by nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants
(PAs) has been proposed as a solution to expected workforce shortages. Objective: To …

Medicare's more than 420 accountable care organizations (ACOs) provide care for a
considerable percentage of the elderly in the United States. One goal of ACOs is to improve …