Challenges in health care for persons with multiple chronic conditions—where to go and how to get there?
Challenges in health care for persons with multiple chronic conditions—where to go and how to get there?
JAMA Open Network; Gregory M. Ouellet, MD, MHS; Jennifer A. Ouellet, MD, MHPE; Mary E. Tinetti, MD; 10/24
Approximately 75% of older adults, and more than one-third of all adults receiving health care, have MCC [multiple chronic conditions]. As has been well reported, siloed, disease-based health care for persons with MCC may be burdensome, fragmented, of uncertain benefit and potential harm, and not aligned with individuals’ health priorities ... The result of all this is the imposition of unwanted and unhelpful care, neglect of potentially helpful interventions that do not fall under the narrow confines of disease-based care, and inattention to what matters to each person. Finally, quality and payment metrics focused on what matters to the individual will both encourage, and result from, a push to whole-person care.