9 Essentials for Quality Health Outcomes in Older and High-Risk Patients

Healthcare systems today are facing an impending crisis due to increasing numbers of aging and high-risk patients, rising costs, and the challenge of achieving meaningful, lasting patient outcomes. This book provides a fresh perspective on managing complex patients through an interprofessional team-based approach.

A practicing board-certified internal medicine physician with a master's degree in public health, Dr. Vaidya has extensive experience in highrisk value-based health care, including the Henry Ford Medical Group Population Health Initiative: Ambulatory Intensive Care Unit, PACE (Program for the All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly), and the Veterans Health Administration Home-Based Primary Care Program, the largest value-based program in the country. His leadership focuses on collaborative interprofessional patient-centered development enhancing quality of care for high-risk patients. He resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his wife and two daughters, though in the summer you are more likely finding him at his family cottage on the lake in northern Michigan.

PART I Fundamentals Chapter 1 Essential 1: No One Is beyond Help Chapter 2 Essential 2: Right Care, in the Right Place, at the Right Time Chapter 3 Essential 3: Check Your Ego at the Door Chapter 4 Essential 4: You Cannot Do It Alone PART II Interpersonal Care Chapter 5 Essential 5: I Care Chapter 6 Essential 6: Meet 'em Where They Are (and Bring Them Along): What Matters Most? PART III Interprofessional Care Chapter 7 Essential 7: Cognitive Power Chapter 8 Essential 8: Gotta Move Chapter 9 Essential 9: Drugs and Ughs Chapter 10 Epilogue/Conclusion