It’s simple – unless GPs are rewarded for care co-ordination, patients will suffer

Dr Hans Duvefelt
Report

As a family doctor, I receive a lot of reports from emergency room visits, consultations and hospitalisations.

Many such reports include a dozen or more blood tests, several X-rays and several prescriptions.

Ideally, I would read all these reports in some detail and be more than casually familiar with what happens to my patients.

But how possible is it really to do a good job with that task?