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• Texas Family Physician - Vol. 69 No. 1, Fall 2018

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  Maternal mortality and morbidity in TexasSince a report published in late 2016 showed Texas led the nation in a stark increase … more

• Chewing on a big fat wad of gum

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  Wednesday, March 14, 2018 2:58:00 PM

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  By Janet Hurley, MD

  Changes in health care have been fast and furious in the last several years. The advent of MACRA created the need to prepare for MIPS and APMs, and more robustly report on quality and cost. There is an ongoing desire for interoperability and EMR modifications requiring more “clicks” than we would like. Many physicians have added new types of team members to their practices, such as social workers, nurse navigators, or care coordinators to reach out to patients in new creative ways.

  Some of this has been good for patients, and some of it possibly not. Some days it feels like physicians are chewing a big fat wad of gum, and feeling choked.

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