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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 5/2010

01-05-2010 | Innovations and Improvement

Improvement Happens: an Interview with Christine Sinsky, MD

Author: Richard L. Kravitz, MD, MSPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 5/2010

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Medical Associates Clinic (MAC) of Dubuque, Iowa, has generated a lot of buzz for a medium-sized group practice located in a small Midwestern city. At a time when primary care has been declared in crisis, MAC has received national attention for delivering high quality, patient centered primary care. Evidence of high performance comes not just in standard metrics like end-of-year revenue-to-expense ratios and Pneumovax immunization rates, but also in astoundingly low turnover of physicians and staff. …
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Title
Improvement Happens: an Interview with Christine Sinsky, MD
Author
Richard L. Kravitz, MD, MSPH
Publication date
01-05-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 5/2010
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-010-1281-5

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