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Barry J. Jacobs

Barry J. Jacobs
October 15, 2019 by Barry J. Jacobs

Can Healthcare Measure TLC?

            Healthcare is awash in quality metrics. Registries of PHQ-9 scores. Frequency of visits. Decreased utilization rates. Reduced response times to emergencies. We believe they create better clinical outcomes through greater accountability of interventions and systems. Of course, there’s a great deal of truth here. But the touchy-feely therapist in me tells me there’s something […]

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Barry J. Jacobs
August 27, 2019 by Barry J. Jacobs

RAISE Family Caregiving Advisory Council: An Open Letter

Dear RAISE Family Caregiving Advisory Council             You are the Dream Team of family caregiving innovators, the all-stars of our fiercest advocates. Since President Trump signed the RAISE Family Caregivers Act in January 2018, mandating the creation of an Advisory Council to devise a national strategy for supporting family caregivers, we’ve been awaiting your anointment […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconcaregiving,  family health,  Advocacy

Barry J. Jacobs
June 19, 2019 by Barry J. Jacobs

Broadening the Scope of Patient-Centric Docs

Physician greets older male patient. Physician greets patient’s adult daughter. Physician asks about patient’s conditions. Physician asks for daughter’s input. Physician does physical examination. Physician makes recommendations and writes scripts. Physician asks patient and daughter if they have questions. A very normal-sounding outpatient medical visit, right? What could possibly be wrong with this picture? For […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconFamily,  caregiving,  Education

Barry J. Jacobs
April 23, 2019 by Barry J. Jacobs

In Search of the Briefest Family Caregiver Eval

As befits his majestic name, Brian Duke threw down the gauntlet. “If you really want to help health systems do a better job of supporting family caregivers,” said the former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Aging and the current System Director of Senior Services for Main Line Health in suburban Philadelphia, “then you better […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconFamily Medicine,  Brian Duke,  University of South Florida

Barry J. Jacobs
February 20, 2019 by Barry J. Jacobs

Training the Ground Troops of Family-Engaged Care

Around the long mahogany board room table, the 40 middle-age nurse and social work care managers of this large Medicare ACO regarded me with a mixture of inquisitive and impassive looks. I was supposed to deliver the good news on how strategies for supporting family caregivers are becoming more sophisticated. I started off by asking […]

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Barry J. Jacobs
December 3, 2018 by Barry J. Jacobs

Can Families Reduce Patients’ Healthcare Costs?

During the 24 years I worked as a psychologist in family medicine, I heard many complaints about patients’ family members gumming up the healthcare system in various ways. For instance: “My patient’s wife keeps asking me to do things I can’t do—like arrange for her husband to live elsewhere—and taking up my time with frequent […]

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