Two Possible Opportunities In The Shift In Primary Care

Last week, we wrote about the five market developments of the past quarter that are most likely to affect the strategy of specialty provider organizations (see Adjust Your Strategic Sails!). Two of those developments were focused on primary care.

If you're not "connecting the dots" between primary care and specialty health care services, I'm not surprised. Traditionally, these two health care service domains have not had great intersection. But, that has changed over the past decade with primary care—medical homes, in particular—serving as the coordinator of all care in a much more formal way. In the . . .