The article, titled "How Analytics Takes the Unknown Out of ACOs," highlights how technology is providing transparency and continuity in successful primary care practices. Dr. Fields spoke to the need for physicians to use technology as they implement a proactive approach in the shift to value-based health care.
"Accountable care requires you to literally get in front of patients and technologically get ahead of their conditions by anticipating what they're going to need...If we are going to take complete responsibility for costs and quality, we need to stop medical problems from happening, not treat them when they do."
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