Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine
Authors: Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Nancy-Ann M. DeParle
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2011)

Letters18 January 2011Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical MedicineEzekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD and Nancy-Ann M. DeParle, JDEzekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhDFrom Office of Management and Budget and Office of Health Reform, The White House, Washington, DC 20502.Search for more papers by this author and Nancy-Ann M. DeParle, JDFrom Office of Management and Budget and Office of Health Reform, The White House, Washington, DC 20502.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-154-2-201101180-00035 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:In delineating the opportunities and challenges of the Affordable Care Act for physicians, we did not mean to imply that the future health care delivery system will require physicians to be in larger groups or that small practices will lose their role as critical providers of care closely tied to their communities. On the contrary: We believe that many of the opportunities we discussed will provide new ways for small practices to strengthen their intimate ties with patients by linking them to a broader network of technology and infrastructure.Patients with chronic conditions consume approximately two thirds of ...Reference1. Milstein A, Gilbertson E. American medical home runs. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009;28:1317-26. [PMID: 19738247] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Office of Management and Budget and Office of Health Reform, The White House, Washington, DC 20502.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M10-1569. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoThe Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine: The Opportunities and Challenges Robert Kocher , Ezekiel J. Emanuel , and Nancy-Ann M. DeParle Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Douglas A. Perednia Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Quentin D. Young Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Ardis D. Hoven Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Frank J. Kadel Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Albert Davis Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine John A. Goldman Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Lee S. Gross Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine G. Andrew McIntosh Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Robert A. Donato Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Arvind R. Cavale Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Robert G. Luke Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine J. Fred Ralston Jr. Comments on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine Christine Laine Metrics 18 January 2011Volume 154, Issue 2Page: 144KeywordsForecastingHealth careHealth information technologyHemoglobinInformation technologyLegislationMedicareMotivationPatients ePublished: 18 January 2011 Issue Published: 18 January 2011 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2011 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...